Coin (obverse), plack, from reign of James IV

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This is the obverse of a billon plack minted at Edinburgh between 1488 and 1513, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth four pence Scots.

The obverse has a crowned shield in a four-arc tressure with a crown on each side and fleurs-de-lys in all the spandrels. 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.

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• Online ID: 000-100-066-529-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C16097
• Date: 1488 - 1513
  Between 1488 and 1513
  
• Material: Billon; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross fleury IACOBVS * DEI * GRACIA * REX * SCOTTO *; Old English lettering; 5-pointed star stops; crowned shield in 4-arc tressure; crown on each side; lis in all spandrels / Rev. Cross fleury VILL / A * DE * / ED
  Coin Type: Stewart IIf; Stevenson e2De1
  Coin, plack
  
• Dimensions: 25.00 mm D / Die Axis: 6.5
  
• What: Coin Type: Stewart IIf; Stevenson e2De1
  Coin, plack
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: James IV
  Pollexfen Collection (Burns's attribution)
  
• Where: Scotland
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Billon plack of James IV, 1488 - 1513
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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