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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1167

V: Original Medals by Simon, The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, an oval struck silver-gilt medal, unsigned [by D. Ramage after T. Simon], draped bust left, iohn lilborne, rev. october 26 1649, family arms in shield, 25 x 22mm, 5.19g (Platt II, p.202, type B; MI I, 386/4; E 178). Gilding lightly worn, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, rare; with traces of suspension loop £300-£400 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1168

VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a small oval struck gold medal by T. Simon, bust left, battle scene in background, signed t.simon.f below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 25 x 21mm, 8.33g ([Pembroke, T., 8th Earl], Nummi Anglici et Scotici...et Montis Gomerici Comes [1746], pl. iv, 19, this piece; Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.117 and pl. vii, 2, this piece; MI I, 391/13; E 181b). Extremely fine and extremely rare; only 3 specimens believed known in gold, one of which is in the British Museum £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Earl of Pembroke Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 July-19 August 1848, lot 259; G. Sparkes Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-3 February 1880, lot 329; J.P. Heseltine Collection, Sotheby Auction, 29 May 1935, lot 102; Sotheby Auction, 5 December 1966, lot 29. There are two others known of this small size in gold, and one each in silver, copper, pewter and an unknown alloy. These pieces share the reverse die as the small naval reward, MI I, 390/12. Uniface examples are eighteenth century restrikes from the original die

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1169

VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large oval struck gold medal by T. Simon, bust left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 36 x 31mm, 18.52g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.119 and pl. ix, 9, this piece; Nathanson p.24; MI I, 392/14; E 181a). Small piercing for suspension, very fine, reverse better, peripheral reddish toning, excessively rare and important; the only known original striking in gold £15,000-£20,000 --- Provenance: M. Gutman Collection, Part V, Parke Bernet Galleries Auction (New York), 15 May 1970, lot 151. This was made by Simon in 1651 in response to unknown official orders, probably from the Council of State, as a reward for the victorious battle over the Scottish army at Dunbar on 3 September 1650. Its distribution is unclear. This is the only original large medal known in gold, and only two are currently recorded in silver. All other examples are 18th to 20th century restrikes from original and false dies. There is no original large Dunbar medal in any metal in any major museum in Britain. Further detail regarding its examination by Dr M.S. Tite at the British Museum Research Laboratory on 12 June 1976 is sold with the lot

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1170

VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large struck silver medal by T. Simon, bust left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 35 x 30mm, 10.49g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.119 and pl. ix, 10, this piece; MI I, 392/14; E 181a). Trace of suspension loop on edge, extremely fine, dark tone, excessively rare £4,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: SNC June 1970 (7284), recté an original. Only one other large original medal in silver is recorded, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. All others are 18th to 20th century restrikes from original or false dies

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1171

VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large struck uniface silver medal, unsigned [by T. Simon], bust left in plain field, no legend or signature, 35 x 31mm, 8.56g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.125 and pl. xiv, 32, this piece; cf. MI I, 392/14; cf. E 181a). Probably a trial striking of the bust punch before the legends were added, some edge and flan marks, otherwise fine; probably UNIQUE £600-£800 --- Provenance: R. Stucker Collection, Bourgey Auction (Paris), 21-3 November 1977, lot unspecified; SNC June 1978 (8419). An original Simon trial striking from a bust punch die before the legends were added, or perhaps a striking from a separate, unfinished die. This was later reworked in the round (as opposed to in the puncheon) by engraving or tooling to remove the armour and replace it with an imperial draped type of garment. The sash itself is fuller than on the completed Dunbar medal, and the entire drapery and garment image approaches that of the Lord Protector medal, implying that Simon used this as a model of sorts for the 1655 medal. The striking is definitely Simon’s work, but there is no guarantee that the modifications are his, although in all likelihood they are

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1172

VII: Restrikes of the Lord General Medal, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface gold restrike (c. 1738) of the oval medal by T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, oli cromwell milit parl dvx gen, witness line on edge, 31mm, 27.34g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.92, Gp B and pl. xvi, 4, this piece; MI I, 388/7; E 180a). Traces of die flaw in legend partly tooled out, a few rust spots on the die, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 20 December 1938, lot 34; R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. Other than a unique original massive lead impression from the raw, maybe unhardened die showing the integral loop, there are none but these restrikes made at the Mint c. 1738 and later, and by the Wyons in the 19th century. This is an unfinished production that was presumably cancelled when the reverse die cracked (but see H. Pagan in BNJ 1988, p.189, where it is cleverly suggested that the intended reverse might have been that of the so-called Ireton medal [MI I, 387/6], and the arguments make sense)

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1173

VII: Restrikes of the Lord General Medal, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface silver restrike (c. 1738 or later) of the oval medal by T. Simon, from the same die as previous, 37mm, 32.90g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.93, Gp B and pl. xvii, 9, this piece; MI I, 388/7; E 180a). Large top die flaw evident, extremely fine and toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1174

VII: Restrikes of the Lord General Medal, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface copper restrike (c. 1738 or later) of the oval medal by T. Simon, from the same die as previous, 36mm, 21.75g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.93, Gp B and pl. xvi, 6, this piece; MI I, 388/7; E 180a). Large top die flaw evident, nearly extremely fine £200-£300 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1175

VIII: Original struck gold Medals by Simon, Lord Protector, c. 1655-8, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, armoured and draped bust left, signed tho:simon:f below, olivervs dei gra reipvb angliæ sco et hib & protector, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 39mm, 29.68g (Lessen, BNJ 1977, type 1 and pl. xii, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.25; MI I, 409/45; E 188a). Numerous surface and rim marks and scratches, otherwise about extremely fine with reflective fields, extremely rare and important £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: R. Huth Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 8 April 1927, lot 15; SCMB M311, March 1940 (64049); bt Spink 1966. In Simon’s archive there are invoices for five medals and their recipients, namely two English officers and three ambassadors. The officers were Major Daniel Redman (August 1655) and Colonel John Sadler (September 1655); the ambassadors were the Swedish Agent, who would be either Christer Bonde or less likely Peter Coyet (between June and October 1656), James, Duke of Courland, Rudolf von Strauch (July or August 1657) and the Portuguese ambassador, Adelino José Rodrigues de Mello (January 1657/8). In the 17th century it was normal for a ruler to give out precious awards to diplomats in the form of such items as miniature pictures in jewelled mounts, or gold medals and chains, and Cromwell employed both methods. Hence the bust has drapery to give it an imperial look (like the later crown, where Simon, on paper, originally had Oliver in a plain coat, but the Council altered that to a Caesarean image on the coin). There are two enigmas with this important historical, artistic and numismatic medal. The first is the unsuccessful attempt to correlate the surviving examples with the known recipients (BNJ 1977, p.121). Simon’s invoice and a separate petition for payment covers five medals and their weights with chains: Courland was added to the 1657 Simon account also in the same year, but the Portuguese was in a subsequent petition of his on 13 July 1658. So it is possible that there were other separate official requests for medals and payments. We can only rely on the extant paper records, and these five are all that are known. The surviving medals are: 1. Gold. The present specimen. The lettering is absolutely not bifurcated, meaning a collar was used, and there may possibly be evidence of a witness line, but this is not certain for the edge is scored all round. There is certainly no trace of a loop having been removed. 2. Gold. British Museum, illustrated by Henfrey (pl. i, 6). No discernible witness line and apparently flat letter bases. 3. Gold. Montagu Collection (lot 234), present location unknown. With loop and ring and bifurcated letters. 4. Gold. Murdoch Collection (lot 152), present location also unknown. With bifurcated letters but no loop. 5. Silver. British Museum, ex Hawkins. Bifurcated letters and, with its badly cracked reverse, would have been made by Simon for the record when it was too late to do anything further. Had it been necessary, he could have made a new reverse die. It was made without a collar, which is somewhat surprising, because a collar could have prevented a broken die from completely destroying itself. It is possible that the Montagu and Murdoch specimens are one and the same, if mention of the loop and ring was omitted by the Murdoch cataloguer. The Montagu specimen sold to Spink and the Murdoch to Whelan for £9 more. The Murdoch catalogue annotated by Jacques Schulman implies that the medal was in fact ex Montagu, so there may only be three examples with just the Montagu/Murdoch medal being untraced. The second enigma is the problem of how these medals were made, what the dies looked like and how the chains were handled, for all had chains, which was their main monetary value. Assuming that the two gold medals known today were made with collars, as must have been the case with no fish-tail letters, then the dies had to be circular with no integral loop, as was true for many of Simon’s oval medals on round dies. The Montagu or Murdoch examples with bifurcated letters would simply have been struck without using collars, and that is acceptable. But what about the Montagu with a loop? This loop does not appear integral to the dies, and could simply have been gold soldered on - we do not know. Regardless of all this, the question remains – how were the expensive chains attached? Always, other Simon medals had loops and rings and the chains threaded through the ring (for example the 1653-4 naval rewards). The missing Montagu specimen might tell us if this bifurcated striking without a collar does or does not have an integral loop in the die(s). A separate surround mount with ring could have been supplied with the medal to take the chains, for the chains most certainly would not have been given with the medal with no method of attachment. Thus the type of dies, the question of bifurcation or not, and the ring to hold the chains, all tie in to these unanswered questions. This medal is sometimes incorrectly called an ‘Inauguration Medal’, which it was not. The inauguration of the Lord Protector was in December 1653, but no medal was made for the occasion or later; the term Lord Protector medal, too, is simply a modern composed designation

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1176

VIII: Original struck gold Medals by Simon, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, laureate armoured bust left, signed t simon below shoulder, olivar d g r p ang sco hib &c protector, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, 22 x 20mm, 6.21g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, p.152 and pl. i, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.30; MI I, 433/82; v. Loon II, 420; E 202a). About extremely fine and extremely rare; with integral suspension loop £3,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: A. Morrison Collection, Part I, Christie’s Auction, 23 July 1965, lot 5; SNC October 1970 (11571). Cromwell died on 3 September 1658, but his state funeral was not held until 23 November. We lack official documentation or Simon invoices for this issue, but it was probably made for certain officials at the funeral procession. Then again, these could have been a private commission. It is thought that at least six gold medals are known, as well as one each in copper and lead. There are later cast copies in gold and other metals, but all struck medals are original. Simon also made Cromwell’s death mask

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1177

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650-1, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, mervisti, shields of England and Ireland superimposed on anchor, surrounded by rope, signed ts monogram, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 25 x 21mm, 6.72g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.112 and pl. vii, 1, this piece; Platt II, p.335, type B; MI I, 390/12; MH 33; E 179). About extremely fine, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: G.D. Paterson Collection, Christie’s Auction, 25 November 1969, lot 139; bt Baldwin. In October 1649 the Council of State and Admiralty ordered rewards in gold (and maybe also silver, which were not mentioned), for the action at Helvoetsluys in April 1649, burning one of Rupert’s ships, Antelope, an ex-Commonwealth vessel which was being reconditioned. This was primarily a propaganda expedition. It is possible that these naval medals were also given for later actions, although the absence of a third, Scottish, shield might give a terminal date of 1651 or 1652. The reverse is from the same die as the small Dunbar medal of 1650 (Lot 1168). Five or six specimens are known in silver and one in gold (British Museum)

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Lot 1178

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650-1, a gilt uniface British Museum electrotype of the obv. of the small gold medal by T. Simon, from the same die as previous, 24 x 21mm 6.86g (cf. Lessen, BNJ 1981, pp.112-13; Platt II, p.335, type B; cf. MI I, 390/12; cf. E 179). Extremely fine, with loop for suspension, the reverse inscribed with an italic capital R £80-£100 --- Provenance: Baldwin FPL Spring 2002 (13). This is presumably a British Museum display specimen, hence only the one side. The R, inscribed on the plain reverse, is probably for Robert Ready

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1179

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650, a gilt British Museum electrotype of the gold medal, unsigned, meruisti, shields of England, and Ireland superimposed on anchor surrounded by rope, rev. six ships, service don against six ships july y xxxi and avgvst y i 1650, edge stamped rr, 40 x 33mm, 25.69g (Platt II, p.335, type A; Nathanson p.25; cf. MI I, 390/11; cf. MH 36). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £80-£100 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 3 November 2012, lot 710

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Lot 1180

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650, a gilt electrotype of the gold medal, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, but all within a wide wreath border, 58 x 48mm, 50.04g (cf. Platt II, p.335, type A; cf. MI I, 390/11; cf. MH 36). Very fine,exceptional with the wreath border; with clip and ring for suspension £100-£150 --- Provenance: A.P. Adams Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1989, lot 125. While this is not considered to be by Simon, it is not clear who else was available to make a Commonwealth medal at the time. The original of this struck medal, issued to Capt. Wyard, is known only in three examples (British Museum, Royal Collection, Windsor and the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg), all in silver, and none with a border, so what the master was for this electrotype is unknown. The Tyssen example was said to be in gold, but was actually gilt and no mention was made of a border

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Lot 1181

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1653-4, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, shields of England, Scotland and Ireland superimposed on anchor surrounded by rope, signed ts monogram, rev. elaborate naval battle scene, signed simon and ts, edge plain, 41 x 36mm, 26.55g (Lessen, BNJ 1997, p.63, PB3, and pl. xiii, 16, this piece; Platt II, p.335, type C; MI I, 400/28; v. Loon II, 366; E 185). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £30,000-£40,000 --- Provenance: Probably awarded to Clerk of the Cheque John Clifton, on the Commonwealth warship George, and thence by descent; Property of a Lady, Sotheby Auction, 11 July 1898, lot 265; R. Day Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 18-19 April 1910, lot 8; G.Ll. Palmer Collection, Glendining Auction, 18-20 June 1919, lot 10; D. Thomson Collection, Glendining Auction 12 February 1964, lot 1; D.F. Spink Collection; bt Spink August 1986. ‘The Plaine Borderless Medal’, first authorised in August 1653, was awarded after the successful conclusion of the last of the three great naval battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War (Portland, Gabbard and finally Texel on 31 July 1653). Apart from Clifton, probable recipients would have included acting-lieutenant William Sanders of the Triumph, captains Joseph Ames of the Samuel Talbot, Roger Cuttance of the Sussex and William Haddock or his son Richard of the Hannibal. Based on Calendar entries, captains Joseph Taylor (not listed for any ship in June), Giles Shelley of the Waterhound and Jeremiah Smyth of the Advice should have received this award or the similar medal with laurel border. Additionally, some of the captains listed as killed at the Battle of Texel, James Peacock of the Triumph, Thomas Graves of the Andrew, Edmund Chapman of the Golden Cock, one of the Taylors of the William, William Newman of the Mayflower and John Crisp of the Prosperous would also have been eligible

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1182

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Johannes de Reede, 1645, a cast and chased silver medal, unsigned [by A. Simon], bust left, rev. inscription in twelve lines, 36mm, 14.16g (Platt II, p.257, type A; MI I, 320/156; v. Loon II, 274). Small attempted piercing at top of obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-£500 --- Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 12 July 1993, lot 117; C. Humphris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 October 1996, lot 272. Johan van Reede van Renswoude, known in Britain as John de Reede, 1st Baron Reede (1593-1682), Dutch diplomat and politician, one of two special commissioners sent from the States of Holland to negotiate between Charles I and Parliament in 1644. He visited Charles at Oxford and was created a baron at that time. The ambassadors’ interference in English affairs was much resented by the House of Commons. Derek Allen attributed this medal to Abraham Simon on grounds of date and style

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1183

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, 1645, a cast silver medal by A. Simon, bust left wearing skull-cap, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. iohan com lovdovn svmmvs scotiæ cancellarivs in five lines, 36mm, 13.08g (Platt II, p.63, type A; MI I, 321/157; E 148a, and pl. 17, this piece illustrated). Surface crack by front of skull-cap, otherwise very fine and very rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: C. Humphris Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 4, 21 May 2003, lot 1153; C. Foley Collection, Woolley & Wallis Auction (Salisbury), 16 October 2014, lot 276. John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1598-1662), Covenanter, arrested for treason in 1640 but subsequently pardoned, was one of the Scottish commissioners who sought to mediate between the two sides in the Civil War, ultimately without success because King Charles refused to consider escaping the country while under the protection of those commissioners

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1184

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast and chased silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. 1646 alb ioachimi eq fæderat belg post varias in evrop legat iam ordinar in brit an 22 æt 86 in seven lines, 36mm, 15.06g (Platt II, pp.178-9, type A; MI I, 324/162; E 151). Good very fine; with later clip and ring for suspension £300-£400 --- Provenance: H. Oppenheimer Collection, Christie’s Auction, 27-9 July 1936, lot 305 (part); Sotheby Auction, 12 July 1993, lot 118; C. Humphris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 October 1996, lot 273. Albert Joachim (1560-1654), ambassador of the United Provinces. When Baron de Reede and William Boreel came from Holland to negotiate between Charles I and Parliament in 1644, the aged Joachim was especially attached to the mission as an advisor

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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 1185

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, General George Monck, 1660, a cast silver medal, unsigned, [by A. and T. Simon], armoured bust right, no initials on truncation, no legend, rev. georgivs monke omnivn copiarvn in anglia scotia et hibernia dvx svpremvs et thalassiarcha æta 52 1660 in seven lines, 33mm, 13.75g (Platt II, p.220, type B; cf. MI I, 465/63). A late aftercast, fair, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: A Fine Collection of British Historical and Commemorative Medals, Sotheby Auction, 9-10 March 1989, lot 82, part); Coin Galleries Auction (New York), 6 November 1996, lot 3844. George Monck (1608-70), governor of Dublin under Charles I and later military commander in Ireland and Scotland under Cromwell, was created Duke of Albemarle by Charles II after the Restoration. Although unsigned, this medal is definitely by Simon (others with the TS signature read differently)

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Lot 1186

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a cast silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left in cap and gown, no legend, rev. thomas comes southamptoniæ svmmvs angliæ thesavrarivs in four lines, date below, 43mm, 20.53g (Platt II, pp.326-7, type A; MI I, 502/137; E 227a). Good very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: P. Spence Collection, Sotheby, 31 March-1 April 1947, lot 372; O.F. Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May 1997, lot 982 [from Baldwin]. Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1607-67), staunch supporter of Charles I who received permission to hold a vigil by Charles’ body in Banqueting House, Whitehall, on the night of his death, was appointed Lord High Treasurer in September 1660

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Lot 1187

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a silver British Museum electrotype of the medal by A and T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, stamped rr on edge, 43mm, 35.66g (cf. Platt II, pp.326-7, type A; cf. MI I, 502/137; cf. E 227). Very fine £100-£150 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 81, 10 May 2013, lot 3031

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Lot 1224

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], laureate bust right, wearing Garter badge over armour, hair falling over shoulder, signed s below, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hi rex, rev. magna opera domini, crowned shield of arms, edge plain, 29.5mm 7.95g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Ba; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 463/59; N 2776; cf. DNW 34, 521). About extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £500-£600 --- Provenance: E.C. Carter Collection; O.F. Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May 1997, lot 954 [from Baldwin December 1966]. All of the productions dated 1660 are now established as being medals, made probably to commemorate the Restoration, but at some time after the event. Type B, the earliest issue, is of normal occurrence in silver, but is very rare in gold, and there is a unique example known in copper

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Lot 1225

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29.5mm, 7.20g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Ba; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 463/59; N 2776; cf. DNW 34, 521). High points of obverse rubbed, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £240-£300 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin August 1994

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Lot 1226

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], laureate bust right, draped and cuirassed with lion’s head on breast, hair falling over shoulder, s below, carolvs ii rex, rev. magnalia dei 1660, crowned royal cyphers cruciform, small shields between, edge vertically grained, 31mm, 9.26g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Db, and pl. 11, 10, this piece; MI I, 464/62; N 2777). Extremely fine with old cabinet tone, rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin November 1993. Simon charged £16 for the reverse die at least, and maybe for both dies and production, though he does not specify such. Although dated 1660, this medal was made c. 1661-2 to commemorate Charles’s return to England

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Lot 1227

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], from the same dies as previous, edge reversvs sine clade victor · simon fecit, 30mm, 11.53g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Dc; MI I, 464/62; N 2777). Good very fine and toned, very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Marian A. Sinton Collection, CNG Triton III Auction (New York), 30 November-1 December 1999, lot 1542; CNG Mailbid Sale 72, 14 June 2006 (2646). These medals have a thick flan to provide a surface for the edge lettering. The single raised witness line indicates that the edge was put on with a collar before striking. The vendor notes that there are no type D lettered edge medals recorded in gold

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Lot 1228

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, crowned bust right, signed ts on truncation, carolvs ii d g ang sco fr et hi rex, rev. everso missvs svccvrrere seclo xxiii apr 1661, King enthroned, being crowned by Peace, 29mm, 11.80g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). Very fine, rare £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: CNG Review xxii, 1 (100). This example, and that in the next Lot is an early, first issue, strike, contemporary with the coronation service, for their die axes are 12h

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Lot 1229

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 8.50g, die-axis 12h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A, and pl. 9, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). About extremely fine £400-£600 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 12-13 September 1979, lot 567. The reverse die for these medals, still in excellent condition, is in the Royal Mint Museum (Lessen, BNJ 1995, p.152 and pl. 9, 2)

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Lot 1230

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 7.27g, die-axis 3h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A, and p.152, this piece cited; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). A slightly later striking with minor die cracks on the reverse, about extremely fine, toned £400-£600 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1994

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Lot 1231

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Household or ‘Cooks and Musicians’ Medal, 1661, a cast and chased silver medal by T. Simon, laureate bust left, carolvs ii d g mag brit fra et hib rex fi de, rev. iam florescit, oak tree, three crowns in branches, 43mm, 31.68g (MI I, 475/83; E 219). Very fine and very rare; with loop for suspension £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: R.M.O. de la Hey Collection, Christie’s Auction, 27 May 1981, lot 45; C. Humphris Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 4, 21 May 2003, lot 1195

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Lot 1232

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, laureate and draped bust of Charles II right, signed simon below, carolvs ii d g m br fr et hib rex, rev. et pontvs serviet, the King as Neptune, in a marine car being drawn by four sea-horses, fleet in background, 27mm, 9.34g (Nathanson p.40; MI I, 506/145; E 233). Possible trace of mounting on edge, otherwise very fine, toned £700-£900 --- Provenance: A.P. Adams Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1989, lot 200. An early specimen, with no die cracks, struck on a relatively thin flan with no collar. These medals commemorate the naval victory over the Dutch off Lowestoft on 3 June 1665, under James, Duke of York. Although one cannot know how many of Simon’s medals were struck before the reverse die fractured, nor of Roettiers’, it seems probable that the latter’s was the main production. This is apparently Simon’s final work, and certainly his last medal. The bust and signature are that of the Petition crown

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Lot 1233

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 27mm, 10.24g (Nathanson p.40; MI I, 506/145; E 233). Graze in field behind King’s head, otherwise good very fine and toned, with only a faint trace of the characteristic die flaws on reverse, very rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 24 March 1987, lot 1048; J. Noble Collection, DNW Auction 50, 20 June 2001, lot 1012. A later striking than the previous medal, with barely the beginning traces of the reverse concentric die breaks; on a slightly thicker flan, flat letter bases, struck in a collar, and with one witness line evident on the edge

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Lot 1234

XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 28mm, 12.12g (Nathanson p.40; MI I, 506/145; E 233). Multiple concentric reverse die breaks, about extremely fine and toned £600-£800 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 12 October 1966, lot 144 (part); D. Fearon Collection, Spink Auction 8, 27 February 1980, lot 432. A striking after the reverse die broke, on a thick flan, flat letter bases, presumably with the use of a collar, and there might be a diagonal or stepped witness line from a collar, although not obviously so. This would have compensated for the damaged die. This striking, probably done by Simon, pushed the dies to their limit

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Lot 1248

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Admiral Martin Tromp, 1653, a cast hollow silver medal or plaquettepenning by O. (Wouter) Müller, three-quarter bust of Tromp turned slightly to right, wearing badge of the Order of St. Michael, below mijn hert en handt was voor het landt on ribbon, all within a wide ornate border, rev. view of the naval engagement at Scheveningen, obÿt omitted from legend, 71mm, 58.43g (MI I, 404/35; v. Loon II, 364; E 186b). An attractive and impressive medal in high relief, about extremely fine, rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Schulman b.v. Auction 344 (Amsterdam), 21 March 2014, lot 1086. Martin Harpertzoon Tromp (1597-1653), Lieutenant-Admiral of the Dutch fleet, was killed in the Battle of Scheveningen

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Lot 1249

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck gold medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco hib pro, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, edge grained, 29mm, 18.22g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/1; Henfrey pl. v, 4; Platt II, p.26, type B; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). Extremely fine, attractive reddish toning £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: C.H. Hartmann Collection, Glendining Auction, 27 May 1957, lot 229; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from G. Hearn]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1250

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 29mm, 9.16g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/1; Henfrey pl. v, 4; Platt II, p.26, type B; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). Good extremely fine, attractively toned, rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: From an unprovenanced Sotheby Auction; R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1251

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck gold medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, laureate bust left, olivar d g rp ang sco hib pro, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 29mm, 16.79g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 2/1; Henfrey pl. v, 4; Platt II, p.26, type B; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). Good extremely fine, brilliant fields £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1252

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29mm, 11.56g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 2/1; Henfrey pl. v, 4; Platt II, p.26, type B; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). Very fine, toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: R. Stucker Collection, Bourgey Auction (Paris), 21 November 1977, lot 70 (part); SNC June 1978 (8429)

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Lot 1253

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck (?) lead medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29mm, 9.47g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 2/1; Henfrey pl. v, 4; Platt II, p.26, type B; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). About very fine £150-£200 --- Provenance: R. Stucker Collection, Bourgey Auction (Paris), 21 November 1977, lot 70 (part); SNC June 1978 (8430). As with many lead medals, it is difficult to ascertain whether this item is cast or struck

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Lot 1254

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a small struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco hib pro, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, edge plain, 28mm, 11.26g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 3/2; Henfrey pl. v, 4; MI I, 434/84; v. Loon II, 420; E 201). Light surface marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, very rare of these dies £400-£500 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1255

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a large struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, armoured bust left, olivar d g rp ang sco hiberniæ protector, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, 48mm, 42.82g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/1; Henfrey pl. v, 5; Platt II, p.26, type C; MI I, 435/85; v. Loon II, 420; E 200). Extremely fine and very rare £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. This and the following lot are by the same hand as that of the Subservience medal

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Lot 1256

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a large struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, 49mm, 47.10g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/2; Henfrey pl. v, 5; Platt II, p.26, type C; MI I, 435/85; v. Loon II, 420; E 200). Minor rim bruises, otherwise obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so, toned, rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: SCMB January 1948 (M 1028); R.E. Ockenden Collection; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1257

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, c. 1665, a cast hollow silver medal or plaquettepenning, unsigned (by O. (Wouter) Muller [?]), bust of Cromwell three-quarters right, supporters at sides holding wreath above his head, olivar cromwel protector v engel schotl yrlan 1658 in cartouche below, rev. bust of Aniello three-quarters right, two fishermen at sides holding coronet above his head, masaniello visschr en coninck v napel 1647 in cartouche below, 71mm, 78.70g (Platt I, p.345, type A; MI I, 432/78, Henfrey pl. v, 1; E 198). Made of two cast repoussé plates joined by a rim, very fine and toned, rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: T.O. Mabbott Collection, Part IV, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 26-7 May 1970, lot 1177. In the style of many Dutch medals of the period, especially naval medals. Tommaso Aniello (1620-47), aka Masaniello, a fisherman from Naples with a reputation for smuggling, was chosen to lead a protest against a new tax on fruit, levied by the Neapolitan nobility in July 1647 to raise money to pay the tribute demanded by Spain. The insurrection against the nobles was successful, and Masaniello’s mob of almost 1,000 citizens ransacked the armouries and opened the city’s prisons. Despite reaching an agreement with the viceroy of Naples, the Duke of Arcos, who confirmed upon him the title ‘captain-general of the Neapolitan people’ on 13 July 1647, Masaniello continued to sir unrest and was arrested three days later, only to be assassinated by a group of grain merchants said to be in the pay of the nobles. His head was cut off and brought by a band of roughs to the viceroy and his body buried outside the city. But the next day the populace, angered by the alteration of the measures for weighing bread, repented; his body was dug up and given a splendid funeral, at which the viceroy himself was represented. Masaniello shared no obvious similarities to Oliver Cromwell, other than a rapid rise to power at about the same time (Platt I, p.347)

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Lot 1258

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, c. 1670 (?), a satirical engraved silver medal, unsigned (by P. Aquila or more plausibly P. van Abeele), laureate and draped bust of Cromwell left atop a beer barrel, his coat-of-arms hanging behind on the brewery wall, barrels and brewing equipment at left, cromwellus victor perduellis, rev. massanello vanus es rebellis, Aniello standing three-quarters right with fishing nets, Naples burns in the background, 64mm, 36.55g (Platt I, p.346, type B; MI I, –). Old graze on obverse at 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine or better and a fascinating piece of exquisite style, excessively rare; the only known specimen in private hands £1,000-£2,000 --- Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part VIII, Sotheby Auction, 14-16 December 1904, lot 991 (part); SNC March 1908 (50799); R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. Exhibition: By Richard Warner at the British Numismatic Society, 28 January 1931. The only other example, in somewhat inferior condition, is in the British Museum. It has a thicker flan and is signed P.A., and was acquired from Spink in 1920 (almost certainly from the large and important collection of historical medals largely dispersed through the pages of SNC in 1919 and 1920). A similar related engraved medal, also known from two specimens, has Cromwell on horseback, as on his seal, and on the reverse a Turk trampling a cross. One also formed part of Murdoch lot 991, which subsequently changed hands several times via Jacques and Hans Schulman before being acquired by Spink at Peus Auktion 333 (Frankfurt), 6 May 1992; the other, bearing the signature P.A, was lot 398 in Spink Auction 130, 1-2 March 1999

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Lot 1259

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Subservience of France and Spain, after 1680 (?), a struck silver medal, unsigned, laureate bust of Cromwell left, olivar d g r p ang sco hiberniæ protector, rev. retire toy l’honnevr appartiet av roy mon maister, in exergue, lovis le grand, Britannia seated left, Cromwell kneeling with his head in her lap, presenting his buttocks to the French and Spanish ambassadors who wait to pay him homage, 46mm, 42.75g (Platt I, p.351; MI I, 420/60; v. Loon II, 395). Collector’s number painted on edge, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: SCMB April 1952 (M 683); R.E. Ockenden Collection; bt R.E.O. The Dutch medallist has not been identified. The reverse refers to the negotiations of 1655, but the armoured bust is taken from the 1658 funeral medal. It is generally agreed that the figure of Britannia was not revived before c. 1672, so this medal must have been struck after that date. The reverse legend quotes the French ambassador as he pushes his Spanish counterpart aside: ‘Get back. The honour belongs to the King, my master, Louis the Great’

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Lot 1260

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, a cast silver satirical medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned, den een mens is den a siindvivel, cromwell, two heads reversible, Cromwell and the Devil, rev. d een sot is d a s gek, [f]arfox, two heads reversible, Fairfax and a Fool, Dutch legends around, 35mm, 25.12g (Platt I, p.348, type B; MI I, 389/10). About very fine, extremely rare; no silver specimens of this type recorded by Platt £200-£300 --- Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction, 24-9 May 1897, lot 206 (part); J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part VI, Sotheby Auction, 2-6 June 1904, lot 160 (part); R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. These satirical medals reflect a Dutch commentary on the replacement of Sir Thomas Fairfax as commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary army by Oliver Cromwell, and that Cromwell ‘played Fairfax for a fool’ (Platt I, pp.349-50). The medallist is unknown, the style is after the Pope/Devil - Cardinal/Fool reformation medals and compare with the 1678 medal by George Bower on the subject of the Popish Plot

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Lot 1261

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, c. 1700, a struck copper medal by F. St Urbain, bust of Cromwell left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hib &c pro, rev. thomas aniello de amalphi, bust of Aniello left, signed sv on truncation, 46mm, 40.31g (Henfrey pl. v, 2; Platt I, p.346, type C; MI I, 432/79; E 199). Very fine, tan patina £150-£200 --- Provenance: R.E. Ockenden Collection; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1262

XV: Dutch and French Medals, Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, c. 1700, a struck lead medal by F. St Urbain, from the same dies as previous, 46mm, 43.21g (Henfrey pl. v, 2; Platt type C; MI I, 432/79; E 199). About very fine £80-£100 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1263

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a red wax impression of the oval medal by T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, no legend, 29 x 23mm (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.95, copy 3 and pl. xviii, 21; cf. Henfrey pl. i, 4; Platt I, p.337, type B; MI I, 388/8; cf. E 180). Extremely fine and extremely rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt D. Fearon April 2004. The references are to a unique pewter oval cast copy in the British Museum, the details of which are quite worn. Alternatively, this wax shows the portrait in almost perfect detail

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Lot 1264

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 --- 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

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Lot 1265

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, c. 1650, a uniface oval cast and chased (?) silver medal, c. 1740, after T. Simon, bust three-quarters right, hitherto hath the lord helped vs, 26 x 23mm, 6.06g (Vertue pl. xii, D; Platt I, p.332, type Y; MI I, 392/15). Very fine and toned, extremely rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction, 24-9 May 1897, lot 211 (part); R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. Another specimen was in the Stucker collection (SNC June 1978, 8418). MI relates the master to this medal to Dunbar, because a unique fragment in lead in the British Museum (ex Hawkins) once had the word Dunbar visible behind the head, so it may imply a prototype which was never pursued or adopted

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Lot 1266

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Lord General/Lord Protector, c. 1650-8, a struck silver medal, c. 1730, probably by J. Dassier (?), after T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, ts below, oliv d g r p ang sco et hib pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 34mm, 18.51g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.95 and pl. xviii, 18 (1a), this piece; Henfrey pl. v, 6; Platt I, p.340, type C; MI I, 410/46; E 189). About extremely fine, attractively toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: SNC February 1966 (939). Simon’s bust puncheon was used for this medal, which is considered to be by Jean Dassier of Geneva, made while he was in England c. 1730

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Lot 1267

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Lord General/Lord Protector, c. 1650-8, a struck copper medal, c. 1730, probably by J. Dassier (?), after T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 34mm, 25.19g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.95, (1b); Platt I, p.340, type C; MI I, 410/46; E 189). On a thick flan, minor spotting, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£200 --- Provenance: R.E. Ockenden Collection [from Baldwin 1949]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1268

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Elizabeth Cromwell, 1641, a cast lead medal, unsigned, bust left, elizabeth wife of o c l p, rev. elizabeth daughter of sr james boucher and date, 37mm, 15.13g (Platt II, p.35, type A; MI I, 410/47). Fine, extremely rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: SNC February 1905 (12160); bt Baldwin. The only other example known is that in the British Musuem. The medallist, origin and background of these medals are unknown. MI postulates that they were made in 1641 and the rest of the obverse legend added later. If so, then a master medal without the Oliver legend would have existed first. The style does not seem to be that of either of the Simon brothers. Elizabeth Cromwell, née Bourchier (1598-1665), the eldest child of Sir James Bourchier, a city leather magnate, married Oliver Cromwell on 22 August 1620. In later life Elizabeth became the subject of Royalist ridicule and she was accused of what appeared to be baseless acts of drunkenness and adultery. After the restoration of the monarchy she quietly left London, firstly for Wales, and then to live with her son-in-law, John Claypole at Northborough, Northamptonshire

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Lot 1269

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, after 1658 (?), a struck silver medal, c. 1740, unsigned (possibly by J. Stuart), after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, olivar d gr ang sco hib & prot, rev. genneral fairfax, bust of Fairfax left, 30mm, 17.38g (Platt I, pp.343-4, type A; cf. MI I, 411/48; Vertue pl. xi, 50). Extremely fine and toned, excessively rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: From an un-named Sotheby Auction; R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. This is an unpublished later copy of the ‘original’, represented by single specimens in the British and Hunterian Museums, by the same author who made various other copies in the 18th century, either as commercial ventures or by special order for connoisseurs of the day

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Lot 1270

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, after 1658 (?), a cast (?) silver medal by (or after) T. Simon, similar, 30mm, 12.03g (Platt I, pp.343-4, type A; MI I, 411/48; Vertue pl. xi, 50). About fine, extremely rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1997

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Lot 1271

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, after 1658 (?), a silver electrotype copy of a medal by (or after) T. Simon, similar, 31mm, 11.29g (Platt I, pp.343-4, type A; MI I, 411/48; Vertue pl. xi, 50). Very fine; almost certainly taken from the original in the British Museum £100-£150 --- Provenance: R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1273

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, struck bronze medalets (2, one plated), c. 1773, by J. Kirk for the Sentimental Magazine, laureate bust left, revs. name and date, each 25mm, 5.59g, 5.51g (Platt II, p.10; MI I, 435/86; BHM 171); a struck white metal medal, c. 1830, by E. Thomason for his Kings and Queens of England series, from Dassier’s obv. die, laureate draped bust left, signed i · dassier · f ·, rev. inscription in 11 lines, 38mm, 23.50g (cf. MI I, 435/87; cf. E 203) [3]. About extremely fine and better £50-£70 --- Provenance: First two Glendining Auction, 3-4 May 1978, lot 256 (part); last R. Stucker Collection, Bourgey Auction (Paris), 21 November 1977, lot 75 (part), SNC June 1978 (8437)

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Lot 1274

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a struck silver medal, c. 1731, by J. Dassier as part of his Kings and Queens of England series, laureate draped bust left, signed i · dassier · f ·, olivarius cromwell, rev. infant genii surround decorated and inscribed monument, 38mm, 26.79g (Eisler I, 265/35; Platt II, pp.29-30, type A; MI I, 435/87; E 203). Virtually mint state, attractively toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: R.E. Ockenden Collection [from Spink 1947]; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1275

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a struck bronze medal, c. 1731, by J. Dassier as part of his Kings and Queens of England series, from the same dies as previous, 38mm, 32.12g (Eisler I, 265/35; Platt II, pp.29-30, type B; MI I, 435/87; E 203). Surface metal fault by o of olivarius, otherwise extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: R.E. Ockenden Collection; bt R.E.O.

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Lot 1276

XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Lord Protector, 1658, a cast bronze medal, 19th century, unsigned, laureate and cuirassed bust right, cromwell protectevr, rev. stamped B 1599 P 1653 D 1658 within wide raised border, 39mm, 34.68g; Cromwell Memorial, 1658, a struck copper medal by T. Smith for Durand’s Series Numismatica, c. 1840, bust left wearing cavalier’s hat, rev. inscription, 43mm, 45.39g (Platt I, p.332, type Z; MI I, 436/88; BHM 171) [2]. Very fine, first very rare and possibly unpublished £100-£150 --- Provenance: First R.E. Ockenden Collection, bt R.E.O.; second R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection, R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964], bt R.E.O.

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