Coin (reverse), demy, from reign of James II

This is the reverse of a gold demy minted at Edinburgh between 1437 and 1451 during the reign of James II. The coin was worth nine shillings Scots.

The reverse has a saltire between two fleur-de-lys within a seven-arc tressure with fleurs-de-lys on each of the cusps and quatrefoils in the angles. The Latin inscription translates as: 'O Lord, save Thy people'. The words are from Psalm 28.

When the throne passed to James he was only seven years old and his earlier coinages continued those of his father. As in his father's reign, the mint often travelled with James on his tours of royal residences.

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Online ID:	000-190-000-690-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.C71
Date:	1437 - 1451 Between 1437 and 1451
Material:	Gold; struck from worn dies; little wear. Inscription: Obv. Crown IACOBVS DEI GRACIA REX SCOTO :; stop is double annulet; lion rampant to left within lozenge / Rev. Crown SALVM FAC POPVLVM TVVM DNE : .; stops are double annulet, lis; saltire between two l
Dimensions:	24.00 mm D / Die Axis: 1.5
What:	Coin Type: Stewart IVa Coin, demy
Subject:	Queen Street Coin Collection
Who:	James II Pollexfen Collection (annotation in NMAS copy of Richardson)
Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	James II gold demy, Edinburgh, 1437 - 1451
References:	'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 Richardson (1901), Add 162 Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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