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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 905

Elizabeth I, Portcullis Money, Two-Testerns, 6.93g, undated (1600-01), m.m. 0, crowned shield dividing crowned E-R, rev. crowned portcullis (N.-; Prid.3; S.2607C), attractive old tone, a die flaw on the reverse, the legends weak in places otherwise extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance R.C. Lockett, Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2064 The distinctive die flaw on the reverse, visible in the Lockett plate, was also present on the only other example to have appeared recently, Spink auction 190, 27 September 2007, lot 570 (sold for £7,920)

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£16,000