CNG 90, Lot: 2636. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Halfcrown (34mm, 14.95 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1658. OLIVAR · D · G · R · P · ANG · SCO · HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left / PAX · QVÆRITVR · BELLO, crowned garnished coat-of-arms; 16 58 above. Lessen I26; ESC 447; North 2746; SCBC 3227A. EF, toned, a few light marks under the tone.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased in York, 1994).