Impressive Cromwell Crown

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1690. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Crown (30.08 g, 6h). Dies engraved by Thomas Simon. Blondeau's, Drury House, London mint. Dated 1658/7. OLIVAR • D • G • R • P • ANG • SCO • HIB & PRO, laureate and draped bust left / PAX • QVÆ RITVR • BELLO 1658/7, crowned Commonwealth coat-of-arms. Lessen E12; ESC 10; North 2475; SCBC 3226. Choice EF, toned, very slight die break on obverse. Early die state for this obverse die, with break only barely starting.

From the W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection.