control mark above
Schneider 84
to upper right of exergue for designer Benedetto Pistrucci (Bentley 889
some striations on reverse
weak in parts otherwise a bold very fine and the rarest and final date for the reign
Charles II 1662 gold pattern Crown, PR50, plain edge by Roettier, 4 known, ex Duchess of Beaufort, J.P. Morgan and Lingford control mark aboveCharles II (1660 85), Pattern Proof Crown, 1662, struck in gold, engraved by Joseph Roettier, laureate head truncated at neck facing right with frosted skin, laurel wreath of ten leaves and three berries, frosted lettering in legend with toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre, pairs of interlinked C's in angles, Arms of England quartered with France top and bottom,