000-100-054-690-C
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Coin (obverse), groat, from reign of James III
This is the obverse of a silver groat minted at Edinburgh between 1482 and 1484, during the reign of James III. The coin was worth 14 pence Scots.
The obverse bears a crowned bust in a seven-arc tressure. 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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| Online ID: |
000-100-054-690-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
Project description | View all records in project |
| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland H.C4239 |
| Date: |
1482 - 1484
Between 1482 and 1484
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| Material: |
Silver; slight to moderate wear; slight flattening. Inscription: Obv. Cross IACOBVSDEIGRA REX . SCOTORm; stop is pellet; crowned bust facing in seven-arc tressure / Rev. Cross DnSPT / ECTORm / ESZLIBE / ATVRm; VILL / AEDE / nBEO / VRGE; Z reversed; single
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| Dimensions: |
24.00 x 23.50 mm D / Die Axis: 9.0
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| What: |
Coin Type: Stewart IV
Coin, groat
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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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| Event: |
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| Description: |
James III silver groat, Edinburgh, 1482 - 1484
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| References: |
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- BNJ 1965, p 114, + pl XIV, no 24
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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