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Live auction - fwo_348837 - GREAT-BRITAIN - OLIVER CROMWELL Demi couronne ou halfcrown 1658 Londres

GREAT-BRITAIN - OLIVER CROMWELL Demi couronne ou halfcrown 1658 Londres AU
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Estimate : 6 000 €
Price : 4 000 €
Maximum bid : 4 000 €
End of the sale : 31 March 2015 16:38:47
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Demi couronne ou halfcrown
Date: 1658
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,04 g.
Edge : . HAS. NISI. PERITVRVS. MIHI. ADIMAT. NEMO. (étoile)
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire dans un état exceptionnel. Le portrait de Cromwell est remarquable. La monnaie conserve tout son coupant et est recouverte d’une très belle patine grise aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Burgan 24, du 22 décembre 1990, n° 274 de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse


Obverse legend : OLIVAR. D. G. R. P. ANG. SCO. HIB & PRO.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et lauré d’Oliver Cromwell à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Oliver par la grâce de Dieu, protecteur de l’Angleterre, de l’Ecosse et de l’Irlande).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PAX. QVAERITVR. BELLO / 16+58.
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé en 1 et 4 d’Angleterre, en 2 d’Écosse et en 3 d’Irlande, posé sur le tout un écu au lion passant.
Reverse translation : (La paix est demandée par la guerre).

Commentary


Baies dans la couronne. Le buste est granulé d’origine.

Historical background


GREAT-BRITAIN - OLIVER CROMWELL

(1653-1658)

Oliver Cromwell (1591-1658) was an English politician and soldier, general of the troops of the "New Model Army", which was victorious over the royalists during the first English revolution. After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell established a republican Commonwealth in England in which he held the leading role as Lord Protector. He reigned in this capacity from 1653 until his death in 1658, most likely as a result of malaria..

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