000-100-053-441-C
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Coin (obverse), half-groat, from reign of James IV
This is the obverse of a silver half-groat minted at Edinburgh between 1489 and 1496, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth six pence Scots.
The obverse bears a crowned, unclothed bust in a ten-arc tressure with trefoils on some cusps. 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: |
000-100-053-441-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland H.C2989 |
| Date: |
1489 - 1496
Between 1489 and 1496
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| Material: |
Silver; slightly buckled; generally moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross IACOBVS : DI : GRA : REX : SCOTORVm : Q :; stops are three pellets arranged vertically; Q represents old Arabic 4; crowned, unclothed bust facing in ten-arc tressure with trefoils
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| Dimensions: |
19.00 x 17.50 mm D / Die Axis: 3.5
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| What: |
Coin Type: Heavy coinage, Stewart Ib, Murray B
Coin, half groat
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| Subject: |
Queen Street Coin Collection
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| Who: |
James IV
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| Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| Description: |
James IV silver half-groat, Edinburgh, 1489 - 1495
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| References: |
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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