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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 189

Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Sixpence, 1658, by an unknown artist working in the low countries, referred to as the “Dutch Copy” and once thought to be for a Ninepence, struck in silver on a thin flan 3.72 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, rev.struck en medaille, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, pax qvaeritvr bello, edge, straight grained (ESC 1505 R5), die flaw by date and in parts of legend both sides, milling quite crude, otherwise toned extremely fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 1,800-2,000 provenance Viscount Dillon, Sotheby, 27 June 1892, lot 174 G J Bascom, Sotheby, 15 June 1914, lot 189 T B Clarke Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 596 Spink Numismatic Circular, August-September 1942, no.15809 £12-0-0

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