Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 3 27 Apr 2021
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Charles II (1660-85), silver Crown, 1673, date with 3 struck over 2, third laureate and draped bust right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, interlinked Cs in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, seven strings to Irish harp, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, MAG. BR.FRA. ET.HIB. REX. edge inscribed in raised letters, DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. VICESIMO. TERTIO..+., 29.80g (Bull 393 R; ESC 48 R; S.3358). With an old cabinet tone of a gun metal grey colour, some mint bloom in lettering, otherwise good very fine with a nice clear overdate, rare.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the Second, by the grace of God" and on the reverse, "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the twenty fifth year of the reign." The regnal year for Charles II always ignores the Commonwealth period and counts the regnal year from the death of his Father in January 1648/9.
(£1,800-2,200)
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the Second, by the grace of God" and on the reverse, "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the twenty fifth year of the reign." The regnal year for Charles II always ignores the Commonwealth period and counts the regnal year from the death of his Father in January 1648/9.
(£1,800-2,200)