Triton XIX, Lot: 965. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Crown (40mm, 30.03 g, 6h). Dies by Simon. Blondeau’s mint, Drury House, London. Dated 1658/7. OLIVAR · D · G · R · P · ANG · SCO · ET · HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left / PAX · QVÆRITVR · BELLO 16 58, crowned coat-of-arms. Lessen E12; ESC 10; North 2745; SCBC 3226. VF, toned, light scratch. Early die state with usual obverse die break beginning.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 952701 (1996).