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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 131

Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 15.03g., 1658, by Thomas Simon, laureate and draped bust facing left, olivar.d.g.r.p.ang.sco.hib&cpro, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, seven 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 447; S.3227A), uneven dark tone, well struck, nearly extremely fine Estimate £1,200-1,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1941 for £2.10/-

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