Triton XXI, Lot: 1491. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Half Crown (31.5mm, 6h). Dies by Simon. Blondeau’s mint, Drury House, London. 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. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 50. Toned.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Bowers & Merena (26 March 1992), lot 1866.