AU50 | Charles II (1660-85), silver Crown, 1662, engraved by Roettier, first laureate and draped bust right, rose below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS . II. DEI. GRA., rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, pairs of interlinked Cs in angles, garter star at centre, ten strings to Irish harp, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX., edge inscribed in raised letters between grained borders, .DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN*, 29.97g (Bull 339; ESC 15; S.3350). Rim flaw near top of obverse, toned with many tiny surface marks, graded by NGC as AU50 with a great provenance.

NGC Certification 6031695-002.

The Latin legends on this coin translate as "Charles the Second, by the grace of God" on the obverse, "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" on the reverse, and finally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard" a reference to the prevention of the edge being clipped or mutilated by the unscrupulous.

Provenance:
Ex A Selection of English Coin Arranged Under Reign, Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, January 1959, X445, for £10/10-.
Ex Harrington E. Manville of Washington D.C., Spink Coin Auction 9, 4th June 1980, lot 6.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group 2013.

(£2,500-£3,000)