Medal - Oliver Cromwell silver
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1730 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 18.5 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 405039 |
| References | Eimer# 189 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Armoured bust three-quarters right
Script: Latin
Lettering: OLIV . D . G . R . P . ANG . SCO . ET . HIB . PRO.
Designer: Thomas Simon
Reverse
Lion séjant displaying arms
Script: Latin
Lettering: PAX . QVÆRITVR . BELLO.
Translation: Peace is sought by war
Mint
Geneva, SwitzerlandComments
Hawkins: Not executed by Simon, though it bears his initials; but by some unknown artist at Geneva, as a pecuniary speculation, in consequence of the high price obtained for the preceding medal, the reverse of which it repeats.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1730) | |||||||||||||||
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