Rare issue from the period of the English Republic, marked by the rule of Oliver Cromwell.
Variety with a sun, Tower mint mark (London).
Hints of mint luster.
Obverse: English shield with a palm and laurel wreath
• THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND •
Reverse: above the combined shields of England and Ireland, large • II •, small VI •
• 1653 • GOD • WITH • VS
Diameter 37 mm, weight 14.88 g
