CNG 106, Lot: 1150. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AV Medal (29mm, 16.20 g, 12h). On his death. Of uncertain Dutch manufacture. Dated 3 September 1658. OLIVAR . D . G . RP . ANG . SCO . HIB . PRO, laureate and draped bust left / NIN . DEFITIENT . OLIVA . SEP 3 1658, tall olive tree with shepherd tending his flock below. Edge: plain. MI 434/84; Eimer 201. EF. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from S. Harvey, 1997.