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Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658/7, a cast copy in base metal gilt, laureate bust left, rev. crowned shield, edge plain, 22.05g/6h (Lessen E14; L & S 1b; ESC 242; cf. S 3226; cf. DNW 186, 1282). Fair £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a British Museum electrotype of the large silver medal by T. Simon, bust left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, edge stamped bm, 33 x 28mm, 14.64g (cf. Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.119 and pl. ix, 10; MI I, 392/14; E 181a). Good very fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large copper medal, a later cast after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed t.simon.f below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, 34 x 29mm (Platt I, p.329-30; Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.121; MI I, 392/14; E 181a). Very fine or better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, large copper medals (2), later casts of obv. and rev. after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed t.simon.f below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, both 34 x 28mm (Platt I, p.329-30; Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.121; MI I, 392/14; E 181a) [2]. Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £90
First Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1648, by T. Simon, epoxy resin replica cast, seal and counterseal (obverse and reverse), map of England and Ireland, the great seale of england 1648, rev. in the first yeare of freedome by gods blessing restored 1648, view of the House of Commons in session, approx. 138mm; Second Great Seal of the Commonwealth, similar but dated 1651, 138mm (Nathanson pp.20-1; Vertue pl. vii; Birch 599) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine; both with cords for...
Second Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1651, by T. Simon, epoxy resin replica cast, seal and counterseal (obverse and reverse), map of England and Ireland, the great seale of england 1651, rev. in the third yeare of freedome by gods blessing restored 1651, view of the House of Commons in session, approx. 138mm (Nathanson pp.20-1; Vertue pl. vii; Birch 599); together with a similar uniface obverse base metal electrotype, 129mm [2]. About extremely fine, first with with cords for attachment,...
£80–£100
Second Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1651, by T. Simon, a uniface bronze copy of the rev., in the third yeare of freedome by gods blessing restored 1651, view of the House of Commons in session, approx. 144mm (Nathanson pp.20-1; Vertue pl. vii; Birch 599); together with a similar bronze medal to commemorate the 1970 Columbia Pictures film ‘Cromwell’ [2]. Good very fine, first in high relief with attractive brown patina £80-£100
The Great Seal of England, 1651, a uniface base metal impression of the obv. by T. Simon, equestrian portrait of Cromwell left, holding baton, arms of the Commonwealth in field behind, view of London below, titles around, all within wreath border, 149 mm (Vertue, pls.vi, vii; Wyon, The Great Seals of England, p.91; Nathanson, pp.20-1). Pierced at 12 o’clock, very fine and decorative £80-£100
Second Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1651, by T. Simon, a resin replica cast, seal and counterseal (obverse and reverse), map of England and Ireland, rev. view of the House of Commons in session, 30mm (Nathanson pp.20-1; Vertue pl. vii; Birch 599); together with a cast copy in lead of a Cromwell medal by Dassier and a uniface copy of the Declaration of Parliament [1642]) [3]. Varied state £60-£80
£60–£80
Lord Protector, 1653, a cast silver medal by T. Simon, armoured and draped bust of Cromwell left, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 39mm, 12.49g (Platt I, pp.338-9, type B; Lessen type 5; MI I, 409/45; E 188b). A contemporary cast, fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Naval Reward, 1653-4, an electrotype copy of the medal by T. Simon, shields of England, Scotland and Ireland superimposed on anchor surrounded by rope, rev. elaborate naval battle scene, large border, edge plain, 53 x 40mm, 33.17g (Lessen, BNJ 1997, p.63, TLB, and pl. xiii, 11; MI I, 400/28; v. Loon II, 366; E 185). With suspension loop, good very fine, attractive £200-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, aftercasts (2) of the unsigned Dutch medal, in copper and base metal, laureate bust left, revs. shepherd attending his flock under an olive tree, both 48mm (cf. MI I, 435/85; E 200) [2]. Very fine and fine £80-£100
Oliver Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a copper medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1731], laureate draped bust left, rev. infant genii surrounding decorated and inscribed monument, 38mm (Platt II, pp.29-30, type B; Eisler I, 265/35; MI I, 435/87; E 203); together with a copper medalet of Cromwell by J. Kirk, c. 1773-4 [2]. First extremely fine or better and attractively patinated, second good fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
Oliver Cromwell, a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned, armoured bust right, 127 x 95mm. Good very fine; mounted on an oval wooden backing £90-£120
Hammer Price: £50
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