Struck on a very generous flan and unusually complete
Dioscuri right
attractive iridescent tone
rim a little perforated in places
M below first young filleted head left of the third style
Charles II 1682 Five-Guineas, 2nd head Struck on a very generousCharles II (1660 85), gold Five Guineas, 1682, second laureate head right, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, four interlinked Cs at centre, date either side of top crown, legend and toothed border surrounding, . MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX., edge inscribed in raised letters, +. DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. TRICESIMO. QVARTO+., weight 41. 65g (Schneider ; Holloway 33;