The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface copper restrike (c. 1738 or later) of the oval medal by T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, oli cromwell milit parl dvx gen, 36mm (Platt I, p.336; Lessen p.93, Gp B and pl. xvi, 6; MI I, 388/7; E 180a). Die flaw partly tooled out, very fine or better £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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The die is thought to have broken before any medals could be struck from it, a view supported by the absence of a reverse. It is believed to have been taken to Holland in 1720 where restrikes in gold, silver and copper were produced, normally on round flans. Oval strikings are considered to have been made later (see M. Lessen, ‘The Cromwell Lord General Medal by Simon’, BNJ 1979, pp.87-98).