Electrotype of the ‘Petition’ Crown
STUART (Restored). Charles II. 1660-1685. Electrotype AR Pattern Crown (40mm, 43.00 g, 12h). Milled ‘Petition’ coinage. Copying Thomas Simon, engraver. Dated 1663. CAROLVS II · DEI · GRA, laureate and draped bust right; Simon below / · MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 63, crowned cruciform arms of England, France, and Ireland; star of the Garter at center, intertwined C’s in quarters / Edge: THOMAS SIMON · MOST · HVMBLY · PRAYS · YOVR · MAJESTY TO · COMPARE · THIS · HIS · TRYALL · PIECE · WITH · THE · DVTCH · AND · IF · MORE/TRVLY · DRAWN & EMBOSS’D · MORE · GRACE : FVLLY · ORDER’D · AND · MORE · ACCVRATELY · ENGRAVEN · TO · RELIEVE · HIM ·. Cf. ESC 72; cf. SCBC 3354A. Good VF, toned.
Ex Glendining’s (6 September 1989), lot 10.
