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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Trial Piédfort Demi-Franc, 1618a, Paris, by N. Briot, in silver, laureate bu

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1111

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Trial Piédfort Demi-Franc, 1618a, Paris, by N. Briot, in silver, laureate bust right, date below, lvdovicvs xiii d g fran et navaræ rex, rev. sit nomen domini benedictvm, L in centre of ornate cross fleury, edge + ivstissimi regis perennitati, 27.99g/432.4gr/12h (Ciani 1632; VG 35; KM. P25). Very fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: L.R. Stack Collection, Stack’s Auction (New York), 4 December 2001, lot 889. A half-franc pattern made on a screw press, with edge lettering from three collar segments. Simon was undoubtedly a pupil of Briot’s at the Tower in the 1630s

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Trial Piédfort Quart de Franc, 1618a, Paris, by N. Briot, in silver, laureat

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Lot 1112

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Trial Piédfort Quart de Franc, 1618a, Paris, by N. Briot, in silver, laureate bust right, date below, lvdovicvs xiii d g fran et navaræ rex, rev. sit nomen domini benedictvm, L in centre of ornate cross fleury, edge + ivstissimi regis perennitati, 14.10g/217.8gr/12h (Ciani 1641; VG 32; KM. P24). Good very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 81 (Basel), 19 September 1995, lot 1169

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Piédfort Douzième d’Écu, 1643a, Paris, by J. Warin, in silver, laureate bust

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1115

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Louis XIII, Piédfort Douzième d’Écu, 1643a, Paris, by J. Warin, in silver, laureate bust right, lvdovicvs xiii d g fr et nav rex, rev. sit nomen domini benedictvm, crowned shield, edge + lvdovico xiii monetæ restvtori +, 9.05g/139.6gr/6h (Duplessy 1352; Ciani 1681; VG 46; KM. P41). A pocket piece, tooled and scratched in fields, about fine, reverse better, very rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 62, 15 November 2012 (44)

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Regency of Marie de Médici, 1613, a struck silver medal by P. Danfrie and N. Briot, laur

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Lot 1116

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Regency of Marie de Médici, 1613, a struck silver medal by P. Danfrie and N. Briot, laureate bust of the young Louis XIII right, lvdo xiii d g fr et navar rex chris, rev. dat paccatvm omnibus æther, the Queen Mother, as Juno, seated on rainbow holding sceptre and peacock, landscape below, 53mm, 62.67g (Jones II, 118; Mazerolle xxiii, 562; Rondot xxix, 3). Some minimal surface marks, otherwise very fine, toned £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Numismatica Genevensis Auction 3 (Geneva), 30 November 2004, lot 385

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust ri

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Lot 1122

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust right wearing high crown and ruff, nb below, carolvs d g mag britan fran et hib rex, rev. donec pax reddita terris, arm issuing from clouds holding sword, 30mm, 10.45g (Platt I, p.118, type A; Jones 126; MI I, 243/10; E 106). Good very fine, attractively toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1978. An early example of Briot’s work after his arrival in England

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, a uniface embossed silver plate by N. Briot, bust

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Lot 1123

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, a uniface embossed silver plate by N. Briot, bust right, signed nbf, 26mm, 1.02g (Platt I, p.118, type C; Jones 127; MI I, 243/11; cf. ‘Strathtay’ Sale, lot 12). About extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Bt Spink 2000. The exact purpose of these medals is not known; Hawkins, followed by Platt, suggested that they were likely prepared under great time pressure for distribution at the coronation, with some worn by spectators

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust l

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1124

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, carolvs d g scotiæ angliæ fr et hib rex, rev. hinc nostræ crevere rosæ, thistle plant, date below, signed b, 29mm, 6.17g (Platt I, pp.133-4, type C; Jones 156; MI I, 266/60; E 123). Very fine, toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: Bt Ingrid O’Neil February 1992

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, bust of Charles I right, signe

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Lot 1125

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, bust of Charles I right, signed r below, carolvs d g ang sco fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm, 6.65g (Platt I, pp.205-6, type A; MI I, 308/134; E 142). Cleaned in the past and partially re-toned, otherwise very fine £200-£300 --- Provenance: A.P. Adams Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22 November 1989, lot 12. This piece and the next are considered to be a military rewards after the Royalist capture of the city of Bristol on 27 July 1643. While this and the next piece are signed ‘R’ for Rawlins, others are signed ‘B’ for Briot. They were probably made in Oxford for more than one victory. The bust (punch) must certainly be by Briot

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles II, before 1660 (?), a cast and chased silver Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. R

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1127

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles II, before 1660 (?), a cast and chased silver Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins or T. Simon], young crowned bust right, rev. crowned arms within Garter between c r, in imitation of engraving, 38 x 30mm, 5.76g (Platt II, p.354; MI I, 444/19; E 204). Very fine, rare; with integral loop and ring for suspension £300-£400 --- Provenance: SNC May 2011 (CM 1368). This is a high quality youthful bust of the King, far superior to the general badges of the period. If made during the Interregnum then it would have been by Rawlins, but if made c. 1660 it could have been by Simon, simply because of the quality of the portraiture. Platt refers to it as the ‘restoration badge’, without further comment

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], Moses watc

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Lot 1128

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], Moses watches the Israelites making bricks while being beaten by their Egyptian taskmasters, cvm dvplicatvr onvs redit moyses, rev. in æter memor caroli ii ma br franc et hibern clementissimi regis reds 29 maii 1660 in eight lines within oak wreath, 31mm, 9.62g (MI I, 462/56; v. Loon II, 464; E 217). Very fine and dark-toned, very rare £400-£500 --- Provenance: SNC July 2010 (CM 1293). Hawkins assigns this to Simon but with no evidence of any sort. However Grueber, in the 1911 MI Plates, ascribes it to Thomas Rawlins, comparing it with Rawlins’ Restoration medals, an attribution which makes far more sense

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I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], crowned

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Lot 1129

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], crowned bust left wearing Collar of the Garter, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hi rex coronatvs, rev. dixi cvstodiam xxiii april 1661, Charles as a shepherd tending his flock, edge pastore ovat ovile coronato, 33mm, 22.78g (MI I, 473/78; E 220). Good very fine, old cabinet toning, very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Greta Heckett Collection, Sotheby Auction, 25 May 1977, lot 165; A Very Fine Collection of British Historical and Commemorative Medals, Sotheby Auction, 9-10 March 1989, lot 85; An Important Collection of Stuart Badges and British Commemorative Medals, Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 416. This piece is unsigned, but of the same group as other dies, some of which are signed ‘R’ for Rawlins. Rawlins died in 1670 but had been nominal chief engraver since 1660. This is a highly professional and finished medal, probably made in 1661 and for the Coronation, as opposed to commemorate it later. However, it was not the ‘official’ medal approved for general circulation as was Simon’s. (Note the portrait in comparison with Simon’s halfcrowns in his hammered issues along with the Simon warrant; an amazingly close similarity. Did they perhaps originate from the same painting or drawing? And if so, which?). What is also surprising is the lettered edge made with a collar; there is a vertical witness line, and the letter bases are flat. Presses were still available, and of course Simon had access to them, as would Rawlins. However, the appearance of collars are unexpected. The thick Ramage coins of 1651 used them, so the knowledge existed, very possibly having originated with Briot. David Ramage was still at the Mint until his death before August 1662 and could have been involved with the mechanics – remembering his competent work in 1651. However, the ‘R’ signature could not be his, for he is not known to have any portraiture ability, but of course Rawlins did. Blondeau did not return to England until the end of 1661

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II: Civil War Medals, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver-gilt military reward, unsigned, half

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Lot 1130

II: Civil War Medals, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver-gilt military reward, unsigned, half-length armoured figure three-quarters left, holding sword, sx above, should hear both houses of parliament for true religion and subiects fredom stand, inner legend, pro religione lege rege et parliamento, rev. view of both Houses of Parliament, 35 x 26mm, 6.96g (Platt II, pp.79-80, type A; MI I, 295/113; E 140). About very fine, rare; with integral loops for suspension £500-£700 --- Provenance: SNC July-August 1967 (5067). Robert Devereux (1591-1646) was ‘Captaine Lord Generall’, or commander-in-chief of Parliament’s armies from 1642 to 1645

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II: Civil War Medals, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, armoured

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Lot 1131

II: Civil War Medals, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, armoured bust almost facing, sword above, the sword of the lord and of gydeon, rev. in the mvltitvde of covncellors there is peace, view of both Houses of Parliament, 39 x 31mm, 9.90g (Platt II, p.82, type D; MI I, 297/115). Evidence of residual gilding in places and metal fault in centre of reverse, otherwise very fine, rare; with integral loops for suspension £300-£400 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 25 June 1969, lot 243 (part)

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II: Civil War Medals, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, 1643, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, armou

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Lot 1132

II: Civil War Medals, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, 1643, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, armoured bust facing three-quarters left, rev. Montagu arms, coronet above, wreath border of two narrow rows of laurel leaves on both sides, 31 x 27mm, 7.87g (Platt II, p.233, type E; MI I, 309/137; E 143A var.). Good very fine, undoubtedly a contemporary original, very rare £400-£600 --- Provenance: Marquess of Bute Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 2 July 1951, lot 56 (part); C.H. Hartmann Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13 November 1967, lot 3; SCMB February 1968 (M 320). This specimen is far superior in manufacture and image to virtually all others found on the market (including those described by Platt), which are almost always not even after-casts, but 18th century copies. The medallist for the portrait was very accomplished, probably on the Parliamentary side, but unfortunately unknown. Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-71) was Major General commanding the Eastern Association Army of the seven counties of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. He was Cromwell’s commander until the New Model Army was formed

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Halfcrown, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. o

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Lot 1133

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Halfcrown, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, shield within wreath of oak and palm, the commonwealth of england, rev. god with vs, conjoined shields, mark of value above, edge in · the · third · yeare · of · freedome · by · gods · blessing · restored · 1651 ·, 15.07g/232.8gr/6h (ESC 62 [443]; Nathanson p.17; N 2731; cf. DNW 75, 331). Very fine, old cabinet toning over lightly reflective fields, very rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: With G. Hearn 1974; W. Lothian Collection, Spink Auction 62, 19 November 1987, lot 35 [from J. Corbitt]; bt W. Lothian January 1989. Pierre Blondeau came from Paris to England in September 1649, highly recommended for both his honesty and his ingenuity. The most innovative device he had to offer was an edge-marking process which consisted of two metal strips or bars, one fixed to a bench and the second, parallel to it, moved by a wheel. Blondeau’s device offered the prospect of a major improvement in the art of coining in England because its adoption would make possible for the very first time the relatively rapid and uniform edge-marking of mass-produced coins. Wisely, Blondeau kept his method of working secret and sought to give his cause the maximum exposure by publishing, in June 1650, his proposals to Parliament of how he would like to proceed. In 1651 fortune seemed to smile on him for the Mint committee reported in his favour, but the Mint interest, which Blondeau himself claimed included master-worker Aaron Guerdain as well as the moneyers, fought back and the upshot was a competition between the two parties. Since the dozen pieces produced by David Ramage on behalf of the moneyers proved nothing, either in quantity or quality, compared to the 300 specimens edge-marked by Blondeau, there can be no doubt as to the victor in this competition was. Nonetheless, Blondeau could claim no real victory: while the Commonwealth lasted, he remained without formal employment at the Mint (cf. Challis, 1992, pp.329-30)

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Halfcrown, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. o

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Lot 1134

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Halfcrown, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, edge petrvs : blondævs : inventor : fecit : trvth : and : peace : 1651 · , 15.08g/232.9gr/6h (ESC 63 [444]; Nathanson pp.16-17; N 2732; cf. DNW 113, 75). Some very minor surface scratches on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine, old cabinet toning, very rare £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; Norweb Collection, Part III, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 958

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by D. Ramage, in silver, mm. mullet, small shield of Engla

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Lot 1135

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by D. Ramage, in silver, mm. mullet, small shield of England within laurel wreath, the common wealth of england, rev. gavrded · with · angeles, conjoined shields of England and Ireland within the protective arms of a winged angel, edge grained, 6.30g/97.3gr/6h (ESC 175 [1003]; N 2734; cf. Tisbury I, 817). About extremely fine with old cabinet toning and a distinguished pedigree, extremely rare £15,000-£20,000 --- Provenance: Duke of Devonshire Collection, Christie’s Auction, 26-30 March 1844, lot 141; E. Wigan Collection; W. Brice Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 15-17 November 1896, lot 710; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, 8-13 June 1903, lot 426; F.G. Hilton Price Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 17-19 May 1909, lot 246; G.R. Francis Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 March 1920, lot 328; E.C. Carter Collection; H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. on

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Lot 1136

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, shield within wreath of oak and palm, the commonwealth of england, rev. god with vs, conjoined shields, mark of value above, edge grained, 5.92g/91.7gr/6h (ESC 173 [1002]; N p.206; cf. Tisbury I, 816). Good very fine and attractively toned, rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: With G. Hearn 1974; W. Lothian Collection, Spink Auction 62, 19 November 1987, lot 36 [from J. Corbitt]

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. on

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Lot 1137

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Shilling, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 5.74g/88.9gr/6h (ESC 173 [1002]; N p.206; cf. Tisbury I, 816). Good fine and toned, rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: A Collection of Choice English Milled Silver Coins, Glendining Auction, 4 October 1962, lot 3; bt Seaby June 1963

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. on

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Lot 1138

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, shield within wreath of oak and palm, the commonwealth of england, rev. god with vs, conjoined shields, mark of value above, edge grained, 3.02g/46.9gr/6h (ESC 217 [1498]; N p.206; cf. Tisbury I, 818). Extremely fine or better with proof-like fields and most attractive toning, rare [formerly slabbed NGC PF 64] £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: SNC List January 1943 (17812); ‘Marshall’ Collection, Spink Auction 167, 31 March 2004, lot 152; ‘Cheshire’ Collection, Goldberg Auction 31 (Beverly Hills), 30 May-1 June 2005, lot 2175

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. on

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Lot 1139

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 2.95g/45.8gr/6h (ESC 217 [1498]; N p.206; cf. Tisbury I, 818). Good very fine and toned, rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Stack’s Auction (New York), 13-15 January 2007, lot 3617

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III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. on

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Lot 1140

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Patterns, Pattern Sixpence, 1651, by T. Simon and P. Blondeau, in silver, mm. sun on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 2.98g/46.2gr/6h (ESC 217 [1498]; N p.206; cf. Tisbury I, 818). Very fine and toned, rare £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: Spink Auction 147, 4-5 October 2000, lot 529

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IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern or Trial Broad of 20 Shillings, 1656, by T. Simon, in silver, from the same dies as pre

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Lot 1144

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern or Trial Broad of 20 Shillings, 1656, by T. Simon, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 6.16g/95.3gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, A3; cf. N 2744; cf. S 3225). Good very fine and toned, extremely rare; very few specimens known £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964. Three or four of these silver broads on thin flans are known to exist, as well as a plain-edged specimen on a thick flan in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. They may have been trial or die-proof strikings, or alternatively low-cost examples for presentation to dignitaries or other officials

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IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1656, an obverse trial strike in lead, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et

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Lot 1148

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1656, an obverse trial strike in lead, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hi &c pro, edge plain, 21.58g/333.5gr (Lessen, BNJ 1996, H25a, this piece; cf. S 3227). Fine or better, UNIQUE £400-£600 --- Provenance: C. Freedman Collection, Spink Auction 55, 8 October 1986, lot 106 (part). Simon’s obverse die trial, strike or test impression. This is a genuine impression from the die as an early trial of sorts by Simon: the flan is larger than the die and the full extent of the die is apparent, showing the full beading of the die of about 2mm, in contrast to an actual silver coin with its truncated beading of about 1mm, proving that such an impression can only have been done by the die. The usual die flaws present on a silver coin are not evident here, but that might be because it is lead. To safeguard the die, and still get a good image from it, lead would have been an obvious choice of material, and the impression was probably made by a manual screw press, avoiding the use of great force – there is no way of knowing if the die was even hardened at this stage. This is one of the few surviving original Simon die proofs (others are the British Museum’s pewter shilling and lead Lord General obverse strikings, and two pewter sixpences, one of which was previously in the British Musuem, and some Charles II thin gold impressions)

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IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, in silver, laureate bust left, olivar pro eng sc irl,

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Lot 1155

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, in silver, laureate bust left, olivar pro eng sc irl, rev. charitie and change, crowned shield, lozenge stops both sides, edge plain, 3.40g/52.8gr/6h (Lessen Q46, this coin; Cooke –; BMC 393, this piece; cf. Montagu 5; cf. N 2750). Perhaps at one time gilt, some test scratches in front of face, otherwise fine; UNIQUE as a silver Farthing of Oliver Cromwell £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Earl of Pembroke Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 July-19 August 1848, lot 1400; S. Addington Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part IV, Sotheby Auction, 15-17 July 1897, lot 51; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 8-13 June 1903, lot 758; C.A. Watters Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-5 May 1917, lot 449; G.H. Stafford Collection, Sotheby Auction, 12-14 July 1926, lot 587; bt Spink 1968. Examined by the British Museum Research Laboratory in October 1971 and confirmed as a struck piece (XRF reference file no. 3127, 6 October 1971, signed by Dr Tony Werner, Keeper)

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, 1639, a struck silver medal, unsigned, King on horseback left,

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Lot 1157

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, 1639, a struck silver medal, unsigned, King on horseback left, trampling arms, date in exergue, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, 31mm, 6.45g (Platt I, p.150, type A; MI I, 282/90; E 134a). About extremely fine, attractively toned, rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: R.W. Cochran-Patrick Collection, Sotheby Auction, 8 November, 1949, lot 38 (part); C.H. Hartman Collection, Glendining Auction, 27 May 1957, lot 215 (part); N. Asherson Collection, Spink Auction 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 121; English Commemorative Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 111, 21 November 1995, lot 297. Struck to commemorate the end of the First Bishops’ War (May-June 1639), which closed with the Treaty of Berwick

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver-gilt medal by T. Simon, King on

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Lot 1158

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver-gilt medal by T. Simon, King on horseback left, trampling arms, signed s on cuirass on ground, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. from the same die as previous, 31mm, 7.88g (Platt I, p.150, type B, and p.150, this piece illustrated; Nathanson p.10, same dies; MI I, 282/91; E 134a). Attractive original gilding, reverse off-centre, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: O.F. Parsons Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 587 [from Spink November 1945]; DNW Auction 86, 16-17 June 2010, lot 13

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal, unsigned, King on horseb

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Lot 1159

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal, unsigned, King on horseback left, no flowing scarf, trampling arms, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, 31mm, 10.16g (Platt I, p.151, type C; MI I, 283/92; E 134a). Usual weaknesses on the horseman and other high points, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £500-£700 --- Provenance: An Important Collection of Stuart Badges and British Commemorative Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 322

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal by T. Simon, King on hors

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Lot 1160

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal by T. Simon, King on horseback left, trampling arms, no date, signed s (or t over s) on cuirass on ground, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, 28mm, 5.76g (Platt I, p.151, type D; MI I, 283/93; E 134b). Very fine and toned, rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Baldwin FPL 1999 (346); ‘Strathtay’ [H.S. Fothringham] Collection, Spink Auction 194, 26 March 2008, lot 26

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal by T. Simon, King on hors

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Lot 1161

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal by T. Simon, King on horseback left, trampling arms, no date, signed ts on cuirass, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, no inner circle, 28mm, 3.17g (Platt I, pp.151-2, type E; MI I, 283/94; E 134). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 51, 25 April 2007, lot 1287

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Charles I, c. 1639-42 (possibly earlier), a uniface struck silver medalet by T. Simon, bust righ

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Lot 1162

V: Original Medals by Simon, Charles I, c. 1639-42 (possibly earlier), a uniface struck silver medalet by T. Simon, bust right, signed t.s.f below, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex fid defen, 15.5mm, 2.68g (MI Supplement pl.182, 7). Paper label ‘24/A’ on the back, very fine and toned, UNIQUE £300-£400 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 12 October 1966, lot 133 (part); O.F. Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May 1997, lot 973 [from Baldwin 1966]. According to the MI Supplement Plates description, this medal was in Helen Farquhar’s collection, but it does not obviously appear in her sale in 1955. A most interesting work by Simon, this is one of his earliest known signed products, along with MI I, 363/241 and 358/226, all made while he was learning his craft in the 1630s. In Farquhar (1932) she says “there is a tiny badge portraying the king and queen (MI I, 363/241), of such poor workmanship that only the signature justifies its claim to be by Simon, a claim substantiated by a little trial piece in lead [which must be MI I, 358/226, but not recorded therein in lead] of Charles I’s bust on a thick flan, both in my collection.” The trial piece must be this one. It may have been a practice or apprentice piece, which has randomly survived. The bust is not well done and the lettering is a struggle, but there is an affinity with the lettering on Simon’s struck Essex death medal of 1646

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1645, a contemporary cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, from

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Lot 1164

V: Original Medals by Simon, Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1645, a contemporary cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, 24 x 20mm, 2.51g (Platt II, pp.98-100, type B; Nathanson p.13; MI I, 318/151; E 146b). Good very fine; with trace of suspension loop £600-£800 --- Provenance: C.H. Hartmann Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13 November 1967, lot 8; bt Seaby October 1968

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V: Original Medals by Simon, Death of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1646, a struck oval gold medalet by T. Simon, drape

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Lot 1165

V: Original Medals by Simon, Death of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1646, a struck oval gold medalet by T. Simon, draped bust right, signed t s f below, rob essex com mil parl dvx gen, rev. hinc illæ lachrymæ, Grief seated left on broken pillar, in exergue abrvp sep 14 1646, 20 x 17mm, 4.51g (Platt II, p.88, type C; MI I, 327/167 [dies 1/3]). Very fine, red tone, extremely rare; with traces of suspension loop £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: T.M. Whitehead Collection, Sotheby Auction, 5 May 1898, lot 42; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part VI, Sotheby Auction, 2-6 June 1904, lot 64; Greta Heckett Collection, Sotheby Auction, 25 May 1977, lot 213; A Fine Collection of British Historical and Commemorative Medals, Sotheby Auction, 9 March 1989, lot 39; An Important Collection of Stuart Badges and British Commemorative Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 343. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646). Although there is no documentation, this was probably an official medal intended to be distributed at the funeral, but whether or not it was is questionable, since Simon had trouble with the dies. If not distributed at the funeral, then they must have been given afterwards, for gold medals were not casually made. As Hawkins correctly listed (MI I, 326-327/165, 166, 167), a single obverse die was paired with three reverses, which broke, and that remains the number known today (cf. Platt II, p.89). In later years Simon was to master lettering on tiny dies, but never their metallurgy. It is impossible to know the number of medals made. There is one of each die-pairing in the British Museum, as well as a legitimate silver specimen of MI 165 (reverse 1); a worn silver MI 165 is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, a pierced MI 166 in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, an MI 166 with loop at 4.60g is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (transferred from the Kunstkamera in the 19th century) and a pierced gold MI 165 was included in the sale of the Alfred Morrison collection in 1965, but a complete study has not been performed. Other silver and gold examples are later cast copies

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V: Original Medals by Simon, The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, a struck silver-gilt medal, unsigned [by

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Lot 1166

V: Original Medals by Simon, The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, a struck silver-gilt medal, unsigned [by D. Ramage after T. Simon], draped bust left, iohn lilborne saved by the power of the lord and the integrity of his ivry who are ivges of law as wel as fact oct 26 1649, rev. myles petty ste iles abr smith ion king, etc around central rose, 34mm, 13.66g (Platt II, p.202, type A; MI I, 385/3; E 177). Good very fine, very rare £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: T.K. Mackenzie Collection, Glendining Auction, 11-12 April 1922, lot 29 (part); R.C. and O.M.W. Warner Collection; R.E. Ockenden Collection [from O.M.W.W. 1964]; bt R.E.O. John Lilburne (1614-57), a Puritan who converted to the Quaker religion in the year before his death, fought for the Parliamentarians in the Civil War and was present at Edge Hill and Marston Moor, although between these two engagements he had been captured by royalists while in the parliamentary garrison at Brentford. An agitator for the the freeborn rights of Englishmen, he spent most of the later 1640s incarcerated in the Tower for denouncing his former military commander, the Earl of Manchester, as a royalist sympathiser. A campaign to free him spawned a new political party, the Levellers, which had a strong following in the New Model Army although Lilburne had begun to see the reality of life under Cromwell’s diktat and his supporters actively agitated for King Charles’s son, in exile in France, to finance the Leveller movement. Parliament passed a motion for Lilburne to be tried for high treason, as the King had been, but unlike the case of the monarch, a jury of 12 would decide Lilburne’s fate. The trial, which started on 24 October 1649, lasted two days and the jury, whose names are on the reverse of the medal, found him not guilty. For the next two years Lilburne remained politically inactive, but after a dispute concerning the ownership of collieries in his native co Durham, he was sentenced to pay a fine of £3,000 to the state and was banished for life. These medals were attributed to Simon by Vertue, and the portraiture (bust punch) is certainly Simon’s work. Hawkins was sceptical, rightly so; later studies show that the medal was almost certainly the first major work of David Ramage (cf. DNW 160, 411), incorporating as it does punches for symbols also used on Ramage’s 17th century tokens. This would have been a private commission, probably sponsored by Lilburne himself. It was to commemorate his acquittal at trial for libelling Cromwell and Ireton, and it is illustrated in the frontispiece of the pamphlet Lilburne issued on 28 November 1649, The Triall of Lieut Collonell John Lilburne, by an extraordinary or special Commission of Oyear and Terminer at the Guild-Hall of London, the 24, 25, 26. Of Octob. 1649 (Wing 338).

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V: Original Medals by Simon, The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, an oval struck silver-gilt medal, unsign

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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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VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a small oval struck gold medal by T. Simon, bust left, ba

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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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VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large oval struck gold medal by T. Simon, bust left, ba

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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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VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large struck silver medal by T. Simon, bust left, battl

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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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VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large struck uniface silver medal, unsigned [by T. Simo

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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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VII: Restrikes of the Lord General Medal, Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface silver restrike (c. 1738 or later) of

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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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VIII: Original struck gold Medals by Simon, Lord Protector, c. 1655-8, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, armoured and draped b

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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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IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650-1, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, mervisti, shields of

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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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IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650, a gilt electrotype of the gold medal, unsigned, from the s

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Johannes de Reede, 1645, a cast and chased silver medal, unsigned [by A. Simon], bu

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, 1645, a cast silver medal by A. Simon, bust left we

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast and chased silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, General George Monck, 1660, a cast silver medal, unsigned, [by A. and T. Simon], ar

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a cast silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left i

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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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X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a silver British Museum electrotype of the medal by A an

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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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XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Trial Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in silver, laureate draped bust left, s below, car ii

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Lot 1215

XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Trial Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in silver, laureate draped bust left, s below, car ii d g m br fr et hi rex, rev. florent concordia regna, crowned shield, dies 1/2, edge plain, 9.46g/146.2gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type G, and pl. 12, 15, this coin; cf. N 2780). Extremely fine and attractively toned, excessively rare, possibly UNIQUE £3,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: S. Tyssen Collection, Leigh Sotheby Auction, 12 April-31 May 1802, lot 3014; M. Trattle Collection, 30 May-13 July 1832, lot 2723; W. Durrant Collection, Sotheby Auction, 19-28 April 1847, lot 823; G. Sparkes Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-3 February 1880, lot 162; W. Brice Collection; H, Montagu Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 13-20 November 1896, lot 830; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 8-13 June 1903, lot 633; H.E. Manville Collection, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 594 [from Spink December 1992]; L.M. LaRivière Collection, Spink Auction 166, 12 November 2003, lot 21; bt R.K. Richardson July 2007. A die trial or presentation piece from the very start of the series, perhaps from the initial set of dies. This piece, because of the preliminary nature of the signature and the lack of die cracks, was carefully struck and pre-dates the production gold

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XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Crown, undated [1663], a uniface trial striking on thin silver of the obv. die of the

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1219

XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Crown, undated [1663], a uniface trial striking on thin silver of the obv. die of the Petition and Reddite Crowns by T. Simon, laureate bust right, the details minutely and delicately stippled and shaded, signed simon in script below, carolvs ii dei gra, mounted on a later (19th century?) silver disc, engraved (A proof in thin silver of the finest coin ever engraved in England by T. Simon), edge plain, 16.41g/253.4gr (Lessen, BNJ 2005, pp.102-4 and pl.7, 7, this piece; L & S 9; cf. ESC 435 [–]). Extremely fine but slightly crimped, UNIQUE; of considerable numismatic importance £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: T. Wakley Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-8 December 1909, lot 157; Helen Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 191; A Collection of English Milled Silver Coins, Glendining Auction, 4 October 1962, lot 14; F. Willis Collection, Glendining Auction, 4 March 1981, lot 148; H.E. Manville Collection, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 595; L.M. LaRivière Collection, Spink Auction 166, 12 November 2003, lot 26. This is believed to be the earliest striking from this famous die, with no trace of a flaw visible by the c of carolvs. Since the Farquhar sale this piece has been erroneously catalogued as a cliché, which it patently is not. Regrettably, the black shagreen case, in which it and other contemporary patterns was housed at the time of the Wakley and Farquhar sales, no longer survives. Early in 1662 Simon submitted drawings for the new coinage, as he had been instructed to do. However, he failed to follow these up with a pattern, although he may have made the new obverse drawing later that year. He may have made the crowns in 1663 (as they are dated) or conceivably even later, intending them to showcase his talent and as a way of registering his annoyance at the turn of events. He still called it his 'tryall piece', as in the original order. He seems to have retained some hope that he could still win the order to strike crowns long after the competition with the Roettiers had made such hopes illusory. In point of fact his coins must have been produced after 8 April 1663, when the new shield types were specified for the reverse, unless he had anticipated the required change. His final accounting of c. April 1665 did not include the crown, but it was specified on a later supplemental sheet. That, and all the related papers which have survived, specify a crown and make it clear that there had been an official warrant for it, that Simon had turned the dies in to the Mint (where they were formally receipted) and that years later the bill was allowed and his widow paid for the work. This would appear sufficient to justify the claim that these crown dies resulted from the official order of 7 February 1662/3 to make patterns, even though they were in fact produced too late to affect the decision as to who should strike the currency issue (BNJ 2005, p.106)

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XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Pattern ‘Reddite’ Crown, 1663, by T. Simon, in pewter, laureate bust right, signed sim

Dix Noonan Webb

Lot 1220

XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Pattern ‘Reddite’ Crown, 1663, by T. Simon, in pewter, laureate bust right, signed simon in script below, carolvs ii dei gra, rev. mag bri fr et hib rex, crowned cruciform shields, conjoined Cs in angles, Order of the Garter in centre, edge inscribed reddite qvæ cæsaris cæsari & ct post, followed by clouds with sun emerging, 21.46g/331.6gr/12h (Lessen, BNJ 2005, pl. 7, 5 and 8, this coin; L & S 7A; ESC 432 [74]). A few light obverse surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine, excessively rare £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: S.S. Spiller Collection; N. Asherson Collection, Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 169 [from Spink May 1956]; SNC November 1997 (5616); L.M. LaRivière Collection, Spink Auction 166, 12 November 2003, lot 24. That the production of the new coinage by the Roettiers was well under way by early 1663 (NS) is clear from the following entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary for 9 March 1662/3: ‘There dined with us today Mr. Slingsby of the Mint, who showed us all the new pieces, both gold and silver (examples of them all), that are made for the King by Blondeaus way, and compared them with those made for Oliver – the pictures of the latter made by Symons, and of the King by one Rotyr, a German, I think, that dined with us also. He extolls these of Rotyrs above the others; and endeed, I think they are the better, because the sweeter of the two; but upon my word, those of the Protectors are more like in my mind then the King's - but both very well worth seeing. The Crownes of Cromwell's are now sold it seems for 25s and 30s. a-piece.’ (BNJ 2005, p.95, footnote 23)

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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as p

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as p

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Household or ‘Cooks and Musicians’ Medal, 1661, a cast and chased silver med

Dix Noonan Webb

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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XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, laureate and draped bust o

Dix Noonan Webb

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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