Watch List notes:

(x) Oliver Cromwell, Contemporary Imitation Broad, 1656, laureate head left, rev. crowned shield of the Protectorate, edge milled, 7.87g, 6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, p.132, a4b, this piece; cf. North 2744; cf. Spink 3225), slightly creased and bright, otherwise highly curious, a remarkable contemporaneous forgery in gold of Cromwell's canon, presumably very rare.
Provenance
North Yorkshire Moors (Lessen), Part IV, DNW 186, 21 January 2021, lot 1280
Baldwin, 1981
Glendining, 26 March 1942, lot 53 [part]
Estimate: £1200 - £1500