Coin (obverse), groat, from reign of Robert III

This is the obverse of a silver groat minted at Edinburgh between 1390 and 1406 during the reign of Robert III. The coin was worth four pence Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned bust in a seven-arc tressure with three pellets on each cusp. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Robert, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'.

The reign of Robert III saw the introduction of gold lions and half-lions. These coins bear no mint names but like all succeeding gold coinages are thought to have been struck only in Edinburgh. Robert III also had mints at Aberdeen, Perth and Dumbarton.

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Online ID:	000-100-052-632-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.C2180
Date:	1390 - 1406 Between 1390 and 1406
Material:	Silver; uneven striking; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross ROBE . RTVS : DEI . GRA [ ] SCOTOVm; stops are single and double pellets; crowned bust facing in seven-arc tressure with three pellets on each cusp / Rev. Cross DnS . P / [ ] OR . / mS .
Dimensions:	24.50 x 24.00 mm D / Die Axis: 12.5
What:	Coin Type: Light coinage Coin, groat
Subject:	Queen Street Coin Collection
Who:	Robert III Sheriff Mackenzie
Where:	Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Dumbarton
Event:
Description:	Robert III silver groat, Dumbarton, 1390 - 1406
References:	'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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