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Coin (reverse), half-groat, from reign of James IV

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Coin (reverse), half-groat, from reign of James IV
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This is the reverse of a silver half-groat minted at Edinburgh between 1489 and 1496, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth six pence Scots.

The reverse has a single long cross with a crown in the 2nd and 4th quarters and an annulet between three pellets in the 1st and 3rd. The Latin inscription translates as: 'God is my Defender and my Redeemer. Town of Edinburgh.'

James IV's coins were mainly continuations of the types issued during the previous reign. Those stylistic changes that did occur were largely backward-looking. No attempt was made to follow James III's example of using a realistic portrait.

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