RecordCoin (obverse), half-groat, from reign of James IV< 1 of 1 > Back
Coin (obverse), half-groat, from reign of James IVThis is the obverse of a silver half-groat minted at Edinburgh between 1496 and 1513, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth six pence Scots. The obverse bears a crowned bust in a seven-arc tressure with small trefoils on some cusps. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'. 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. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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