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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 189

Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658 over 7, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R • P • ANG • SCO • HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO, crowned shield of the Protectorate, • HAS • NISI • PERITVRS • MIHI • ADIMAT • NEMO • downwards on edge, 30.08g, 6h (L&S 1; ESC 10; Bull 240; Spink 3226), struck from rusted dies and mostly flat to the central devices, yet the usual die flaw below the bust barely visible, scarcely fine, but an ever popular type

Provenance

Spink 233, 22-23 March 2016, lot 618 - 'surfaces damaged both sides, possibly by fire, fine'


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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£800