Magistrate Metrophanes
with E for C in French title
ship rigging with three ropes to left
Toned with the slightest hint of lustre
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Charles II 1673 Five-Guineas, 1st bust, XF40, QVINTO edge Magistrate MetrophanesCharles II (1660 85), gold Five Guineas, 1673, first laureate bust right with longer curving ribbon ties, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, eight strings to Irish harp, emblematic sceptres in angles, four interlinked C's 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.