Latin legend with E of King's name over a retrograde E
Toned with considerable lustre
PRINCEPS IVVENTVT
63g (D&H 21 S)
crowned smaller youthful head left
Charles II Double-Crown, 1st issue without value mark, ex Stewartby Latin legend with E ofCharles II (1660 85), gold Half Unite or Double Crown of Ten Shillings, first hammered issue (November 1660 October 1661), laureate and draped bust left, no mark of value, legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, initial mark crown on obverse only, CAROLVS. II. D: G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX, colon after D, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, C to left, R to right, . FLORENT. CONCORDIA. REGNA., weight 4. 46g (Schneider 385, class I O2