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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 190

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 thick flan 5.76 gms, 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.inverted die axis, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, pax qvaeritvr bello, edge, plain (ESC 1506 R4) lightly tooled in reverse field, slight die flaws in obverse legend, attractively toned, extremely fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance W Boyne, Sotheby, 21 January 1896, lot 1349 G J Bascom, Sotheby, 15 June 1914, lot 188 Sir Kenyon Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby, 17 June 1935, lot 380 Spink Numismatic Circular, August-September 1942, no.15807 £11-10-0

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