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Silver coin (obverse) with a portrait of King James VII (II of England)

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Silver coin (obverse) with a portrait of King James VII (II of England)
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This is the obverse of a silver 60 shilling piece minted in 1828, possibly in London, from dies manufactured in 1688 for James VII and II. No contemporary pieces were struck from these dies.

The obverse bears a portrait of the king. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James II, by the Grace of God '.

James' reign as successor to his elder brother began in 1685 and ended four years later in military defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. James' Scottish coinage comprised just two denominations in silver (40 shillings and 10 shillings).

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