Add to albumThis is the obverse of a billon half-plack minted in Edinburgh between 1488 and 1513, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth two pence Scots.
The obverse has a crowned shield in a four-arc tressure with a crown on each side. The Latin inscription is in Old English lettering and 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: 000-100-066-677-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C16245
- Date: 1488 - 1513
Between 1488 and 1513
- Material: Billon; both sides off-centre, especially reverse; some flattening, especially on obverse; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross of five pellets IACOBVS D [EI] GRA REX SCOTO; Old English lettering; no stops visible; crowned shield in four-arc tressure;
Coin Type: Stewart Group IIa
Coin, half plack
- Dimensions: 19.00 mm D / Die Axis: 9.0
- What: Coin Type: Stewart Group IIa
Coin, half plack
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: James IV
Pollexfen Collection (Burns's attribution)
- Where: Scotland
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Billon half-plack of James IV, 1488 - 1513
- References:
- 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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