North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part IV: Coins and Medals

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, after 1650 (?), a gilt uniface electrotype copy of the octagonal badge in the British Museum, unsigned (by T. Simon), laureate draped bust left, no legend, 24 x 21mm, 4.18g (Platt I, p.341; MI I, 433/80). Very fine, a very rare copy of a UNIQUE original £100-£150

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

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Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

MI refers to this as a partisan badge for wear, but in effect its purpose and origin are unknown. The bust is definitely by Simon, but has not been associated with any other known production of his