Magnificent Cromwell Broad
Ex Virgil Brand

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1738. Estimate $50000. Sold for $65000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. Pattern AV Broad (29mm, 9.02 g, 6h). Dies by Simon. Blondeau’s mint, Drury House, London. Dated 1656. OLIVAR · D · G · R · P · ANG · SCO · HIB · &c PRO ·, laureate and draped bust left / · PAX · QVÆRITVR · BELLO · 16 56, crowned coat-of-arms. Lessen A2; W&R 39; Schneider 367; North 2744; SCBC 3225. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 63 Cameo. Well struck.

Ex ‘Highly Important Collection’ (Spink 91, 1 May 1992). lot 55; Virgil Brand Collection; H. Schulman (24 October 1963), lot 1163.