Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2645. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Halfcrown (15.05 g, 6h). Dated 1658. Laureate and draped bust left / Crowned Commonwealth coat-of-arms. Lessen I26; North 2476; ESC 447; SCBC 3227A. Superb EF, toned.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Owen F. Parsons Collection (Baldwin’s 12, 27 May 1997), lot 937.