Coin (obverse), groat, from reign of James IV

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This is the obverse of a silver groat minted at Edinburgh between 1489 and 1496, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth 14 pence Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned, unclothed bust in a ten-arc tressure. 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: 000-100-053-447-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C2995
• Date: 1489 - 1496
  Between 1489 and 1496
  
• Material: Silver; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross IACOBVS : DEI : GRACEA : REX : SCOT :; stops are double six-pointed stars; crowned, unclothed bust facing in 9 . 1-arc tressure / Rev. Cross DnS : P / TECTO : / mEVS : E / T : LEB m : cross VIL / LA
  Coin Type: Heavy coinage, Stewart Vc (James III), Murray C
  Coin, groat
  
• Dimensions: 25.50 x 26.00 mm D / Die Axis: 4.0
  
• What: Coin Type: Heavy coinage, Stewart Vc (James III), Murray C
  Coin, groat
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: James IV
  Pollexfen Collection (annotation in NMAS copy of Richardson)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: James IV silver groat, Edinburgh, 1489 - 1495
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Richardson (1901), Add 168 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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