Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, cast silver medal, 1653, by Thomas Simon, armoured and draped bust left, OLIVERVS DEI GRA REIPVB ANGLIÆ SCO ET HIB & PROTECTOR, rev., lion displaying arms of the Protectorate, PAX QVAERITVR BELLO, 38mm (MI 409/45; Eim. 188b; Platt I, pp. 338-39; Farquhar I, 222). Very fine.

Provenance: Bt. Caroline Penman, 1998