Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Broad, 1656, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR ?D ?G ?R P ?ANG ?SCO ?ET ?HIB & PRO ? laureate head left, rev PAX ?QV芌ITVR ?BELLO ?16 56 ? crowned shield, edge straight milled, 9.08g, 6h (Murdoch III, 450-451; King 87-89; Lessen A2; Schneider II, 367; W&R 39; Spink 3225), glorious red tone overlying lustrous surfaces framing a cameo-like portrait, a faint scatter of surface marks, otherwise a magnificent coin with superb eye appeal and a prestigious provenance, very rare thus Provenance The Chalaza Collection Selig, Part I, Spink 70, 31 May 1989, lot 241 [third colour plate] Purchased Spink, 1971 NGC MS63 (Certification #5880291-005) https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5880291-005/63/