From Rhoneston, Dumfriesshire
![Postcard of Coin (obverse), plack, from reign of James III.](/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0098/00984162.jpg&PHPSESSID=6ldm1cdua1ka5a9ugvb33ouqb4) 000-100-053-086-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Coin (obverse), plack, from reign of James III
This is the obverse of a billon plack minted at Edinburgh between 1465 and 1482, during the reign of James III. The coin was worth four pence Scots. It was part of a hoard found at Rhoneston in Dumfriesshire in 1961.
The obverse bears a crowned shield with a cross fourchee on each side, in a three-arc tressure. There are trefoils in the spandrel. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'.
James III's reign saw a number of major coinage innovations including two new gold coins - the rider and the unicorn; a large billon coin - the plack; and thistle-heads and a realistic portrait of the king appearing on coins for the first time.
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000-100-053-086-C |
Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.C2634 |
Date: |
1465 - 1482 Between 1465 and 1482
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Material: |
Billon; rather weakly struck; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross IACOBVS . DEI . GRA . REX . SCOTORVm; stops are pellets, some may be double pellets; crowned shield with a cross fourchee on each side, in three-arc tressure; trefoils in spandrels / Rev
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Dimensions: |
25.50 x 25.00 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
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What: |
Coin Type: 1st issue Coin, plack
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Subject: |
Queen Street Coin Collection
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Who: |
James III Rhoneston Hoard, 1961
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Where: |
Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Rhoneston Bridge / Rhoneston Burn Farm Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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Description: |
James III billon plack, Edinburgh, 1465 - 1482
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References: |
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- BNJ (1965), p 114, pl XIV no 29
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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