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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 188

Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Shilling, 1658, by an unknown artist working in the low countries, referred to as the “Dutch Copy” and once thought to be for a Two Shillings, struck in silver on a thick flan 9.53 gm., laureate and draped bust facing left, toothed border both sides, laurel leaf points to P, olivar.d.g.r.p.ang.sco.hib.pro, N in legend inverted, rev. struck en medaille, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, 8 struck over a smaller 8, pax qvaeritvr bello, edge, plain (ESC 1006A R6) toned good extremely fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 provenance S Tyssen, Sotheby, 12 April 1802, lot 3012 (part) E W Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June 1909, lot 1021 V M Brand (d. 1926), collection widely dispersed from 1932 M A Brigg (´North Country Collector´), Glendining, 23 May 1939, lot 418 Spink Numismatic Circular, August-September 1942, no.15806 £28-0-0

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