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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 183

Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658, 8 over 7, by Thomas Simon, laureate and draped bust left, die flaw across bust tooled, olivar.d.g.r.pang.sco.hib &c pro rev.crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, pax qvaeritvr bello, edge, inscribed *.has.nisi.peritvrvs.mihi.adimat.nemo. (ESC 10; S.3226) struck at a late stage with tooling marks on the flaws, other light scratches, a few light digs, toned good very fine Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 provenance Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1942, no.16441 £5-10-0 (´A brilliant piece. FDC´)

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