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

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This is the obverse 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 obverse has a crowned shield in a four-arc tressure with a crown on each side and fleurs-de-lys in all the spandrels. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James IV, 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: 000-100-066-623-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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