FOEDUS INVIOLABILE meaning unbreakable league to represent the 1801 Act of Union
three whole lis in upper left quarter
rare variety
other small nicks and digs across obverse
7h (RIC X 257
James II 1688 Half-Guinea, MS62, ex Augustana FOEDUS INVIOLABILE meaning unbreakable leagueJames II (1685 88),gold Half Guinea, 1688, laureate head left, legend surrounding, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, date either side of top crown, MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX. (Schneider ; Bull EGC 342; M. C. E. 135; S. 3404). Toned with some light flecking, a little weak of strike at centre of hair, we note no example of this date in the famous Schneider Collection, has been slabbed and graded by PCGS as