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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 130

Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 30.12g., 1658, 8 over 7, by Thomas Simon, laureate and draped bust facing left, die flaw at early stage, olivar.d.g.r.p.ang.sco.hib&cpro, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, nine strings to Irish harp, date above, pax.qvaeritvr.bello, edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted die axis, *.has.ni si.peritvrvs. mihi.adimat.nemo. (ESC 10; S.3226), uneven dark tone, well struck, extremely fine Estimate £2,500-3,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £6.10/-

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