North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part IV: Coins and Medals

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell and Elizabeth Cleypole, a cast, chased and engraved oval silver medal, probably 18th century, unsigned, bust of Cromwell left, as on the Dunbar medal, olivar cromwell ang sco hib protect, rev. eliz cleypole ol cromwell fil dilect, bust of Elizabeth Cleypole right, as on her Memorial medal, all within an ornate leaf and floral border, 44 x 39mm, 45.51g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.126 and pl. xv, 33, this piece; Platt II, pp.39-40, type D; cf. MI I, 392/14 obv./MI I, 431/76). An elaborate high relief medal of unusually fine quality, the hand-engraved legends apparently niello-filled, extremely fine; possibly UNIQUE £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: R.E. Ockenden Collection; SNC August 1966 (4276).

Elizabeth Claypole (1629-58) was the second and favourite daughter of Oliver Cromwell. She married John Claypole in January 1646 and they had four children, the youngest of whom died an infant. Elizabeth herself became very ill and her premature death undoubtedly hastened that of her father, who succumbed less than a month later