140, Lot: 354. Estimate $200. Sold for $335. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.48 g, 1h). London mint, i.m. sun. Dated 1653. Shield of St. George within wreath formed of a palm and a laurel branch / Conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland; II VI above. North 2722; SCBC 3215. VF, porous, a river find.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection.