North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part IV: Coins and Medals

XVIII: Cast Copies, Restrikes and Electrotypes of Medals, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round silver-plated uniface lead restrike, c. 1738 or later, of the oval medal by T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, oli cromwell milit parl dvx gen, 36mm, 26.22g (Henfrey pl. i, 4; Platt I, p.336, type A; MI I, 388/7; E 180). Top die flaw and other rust marks removed, good very fine £200-£300

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

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Provenance: R. Stucker Collection, Bourgey Auction (Paris), 21 November 1977, lot 66 (part); bt Spink.

The Stucker cataloguer stated that this is tin, which may be correct, but the likelihood is that it is silver-plated. It is not clear exactly how or when the piece was made but it is very clean, has flat letter bases, and presumably was struck in a collar, although there are no obvious witness lines