Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1789. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AV Milled Pattern Broad (9.08 gm, 6h). Dies engraved by Thomas Simon. Blondeau's, Drury House, London mint. Dated 1656. OLIVAR•D•G•R P• ANG•SCO•ET•HIB &C PRO•, laureate head left / •PAX•QVÆRITVR•BELLO•16-56, crowned coat-of-arms of the Protectorate: quartered arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland; central escutcheon with lion rampant left. Lessen A2; Schneider 367; North 2744; Wilson & Rasmussen 39; SCBC 3225; KM Pn25. EF, toned, light hairlines. From an NGC slab graded AU 58. ($10,000)