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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 302

Cromwell, as Lord Protector (1653-1658), Halfcrown, 1658, Drury House (London), OLIVAR • D • G • R P • ANG • SCO • ET • HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO, crowned and garnished shield of the Protectorate, downwards lettered edge, 14.992g, 6h (ESC 447; Bull 252; S.3227A), the tiniest metal flaw before the face and with light contact marking to the fields, nonetheless with a residual lustre and with a richer cabinet tone, pleasingly so to parts of the reverse, a really good very fine

Provenance

The Paternoster Collection of Cromwellian Coins


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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£2000