S.3225, Pattern Broad, 1656 -

Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Broad, 1656, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R P • ANG • SCO • ET • HIB & PRO •, laureate head left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO • 16 56 •, crowned shield, edge straight milled, 9.10g, 6h (Spink 3225; Lessen A2; Schneider II, 367; W&R 39; Stratos 72).  Images and data reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London.  Item is from the January 2021 auction #21004, The Sir Rodney Sweetnam KCVO CBE Collection of English Gold Coins and Other Properties, lot # 33.