nose points to second N in legend with rounded interior to ear and differing hair arrangement
date in exergue (Pridmore 25
Hadrian on horseback right
BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR (MCE 441
sword resting upright on shoulder
James II 1687 Guinea, 2nd bust, AU58, ex Chalaza nose points to second NJames II (1685 88), gold Guinea, 1687, second laureate head left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblematic sceptres in angles, date either side of top crown, . MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX. weight 8. 17g (Schneider 457; Farey 290; MCE 128; Bull EGC 329; S. 3402). Light red copper tone, a couple of flecks on obverse and one dark blemish on reverse, has been slabbed and