James II gold Touch Piece, pierced as usual and presumably handled by the King reverse a touch weaker of

reverse a touch weaker of strike

or retoned

veiled bust left

267-70 AD)

James II gold Touch Piece, pierced as usual and presumably handled by the King reverse a touch weaker ofJames II (1685 88), officially pierced Gold Touchpiece, three masted ship in full sail left with hatched rigging, legend reads IACO. II. D. G. M. B. FR. ET. HI. REX, rev. St Michael standing upright slaying the dragon with cross tipped spear, SOLI. DEO GLORIA, no stop at end of legend, weight 1. 95g (MI 611 19; Woolf O4 R3; Noon 313 17). Some weaknesses but well struck, bold legends and a pleasing representation of the ship, few contact marks. Once