Coin (reverse), plack, from reign of James IV

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This is the reverse of a billon plack minted at Edinburgh between 1488 and 1513, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth four pence Scots.

The reverse has a floreate cross fourchee with a saltire in the centre and a crown in each angle. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Town of Edinburgh'.

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: 000-190-000-471-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C16191
• Date: 1488 - 1513
  Between 1488 and 1513
  
• Material: Billon; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Crown . IACOBVS 4 : DEI : GRA : REX . SCOTORVM :; Roman lettering; pellet stops; crowned shield in four-arc tressure; crown on each side; lis in all spandrels / Rev. . VILL / A : DE . / . EDIN / BVRG :; R
  Coin Type: Stewart IVb; Stevenson kG1k
  Coin, plack
  
• Dimensions: 25.00 x 24.50 mm D / Die Axis: 6.5
  
• What: Coin Type: Stewart IVb; Stevenson kG1k
  Coin, plack
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: James IV
  
• Where: Scotland
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Billon plack of James IV, 1488 - 1513
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Richardson (1901), 57 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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