Watch List notes:

COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Half Crown (34mm, 14.95 g, 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. EF, toned, a few light marks under the tone.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Ian Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 2636.