Lot 280
280
Four Merks, 1664, laureate and draped bust facing right, thistle above bust, CAROLVS II.DEI.GRA, rev. struck en medaille, cruciform shields, mark of value at centre LIII 4, pair of crowned interlinked C's in each angle, date either side of crown, .MAG.BRI.FRA.ET.HIB. REX., toothed border both sides, edge, plain, 26.84g. (S.5604), adjustment marks around half of border teeth, otherwise good extremely fine for issue and of the highest rarity in this condition
CHARLES II (1660-1685)
Four Merks, 1664, laureate and draped bust facing right, thistle above bust, CAROLVS II.DEI.GRA, rev. struck en medaille, cruciform shields, mark of value at centre LIII 4, pair of crowned interlinked C's in each angle, date either side of crown, .MAG.BRI.FRA.ET.HIB. REX., toothed border both sides, edge, plain, 26.84g. (S.5604), adjustment marks around half of border teeth, otherwise good extremely fine for issue and of the highest rarity in this condition

Details
Four Merks, 1664, laureate and draped bust facing right, thistle above bust, CAROLVS II.DEI.GRA, rev. struck en medaille, cruciform shields, mark of value at centre LIII 4, pair of crowned interlinked C's in each angle, date either side of crown, .MAG.BRI.FRA.ET.HIB. REX., toothed border both sides, edge, plain, 26.84g. (S.5604), adjustment marks around half of border teeth, otherwise good extremely fine for issue and of the highest rarity in this condition
Provenance
Bridgewater House, Sotheby, 15 June 1972, lot 530
Sotheby, 28 April 1976, lot 232