Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Miscellaneous, Copies and reproductions: Portcullis coinage, 8 Testerns, m.m. 0, an imitation from hand-engraved dies, 32.38g/6h (Pridmore/Wodak, SNC July 1957 and Goldberg 48, 2485, same dies; cf. Lockdales 164, 1764). Extremely fine, toned
£150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection Formed by Walter Wilkinson.

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Provenance: D.A. Barr Collection [from P. Wallwork April 1988]; Mark Rasmussen FPL Barr Part II (166); bt M.C.S. Rasmussen November 2004.

Several other specimens are known; the forgery was first unwittingly exposed by Pridmore and Wodak when they illustrated the somewhat lighter specimen in the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, acquired from Baldwin in October 1932