Very Rare Pattern

CNG 90, Lot: 2627. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. Pattern AR Halfcrown (34mm, 14.81 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint; im: sun/-. Dated 1651. · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · I65I, two coats-of-arms; II·VI above. On edge: TRVTH AND PEACE 1651 (olive branch) PETRVS BLONDAEVS INVENTOR FECIT (palm branch). ESC 444; North 2732; SCBC -. Good Fine, toned. Very rare.

From the Ian Gordon Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 2408.