Coin (obverse), pistole or twelve pound piece, from reign of William II

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This is the obverse of a gold pistole minted in Edinburgh in 1701, during the reign of William II. The coin was worth 12 pounds Scots.

The obverse bears a portrait of the king with, underneath, a sun rising above the sea. The Latin inscription translates as: 'William, by the Grace of God '.

The gold for this coinage was imported by the Darian Company, whose symbol was the sun rising above the sea.

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• Online ID: 000-100-081-193-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C18347
• Date: 1701
  
• Material: Gold; both sides very slightly off-centre; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. GVLIELMVS . DEI . GRATIA .; bust to left; below, sun rising above sea / Rev. MAG . BRIT . FRA . ET . HIB . REX . 1701 .; crowned shield of arms; crowned W to left, crown
  Coin, pistole / twelve pound piece
  
• Dimensions: 24.00 x 23.00 mm D / Die Axis: 12.0
  
• What: Coin, pistole / twelve pound piece
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Coats Collection
  William II
  
• Where: Scotland
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Gold pistole / twelve-pounds of William II, Edinburgh, 1701
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995 
  • Burns, E. (1887), vol II, p 521, no 1 (not ill) 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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