Coin (reverse), half-groat, from reign of James IV

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This is the reverse of a silver half-groat minted at Edinburgh between 1496 and 1513, during the reign of James IV. The coin was worth six pence Scots.

The reverse has a single long cross with three pellets in the 2nd and 4th quarters, and a five-pointed mullet in the 1st and 3rd. The Latin inscription translates as: 'O Lord, save Thy people' (from Psalm 28), '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: 000-190-000-547-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C3022
• Date: 1496 - 1513
  Between 1496 and 1513
  
• Material: Silver; both sides slightly off-centre, slight flattening; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Crown IACOBVS DEI GRA REX SCOTTORV' .; stop is a pellet; crowned bust facing in seven-arc tressure with small trefoils on some cusps / Rev. SALVV . / FACPO / PVLV'
  Coin Type: Light coinage, Stewart IIIa
  Coin, half groat
  
• Dimensions: 19.00 mm D / Die Axis: 3.5
  
• What: Coin Type: Light coinage, Stewart IIIa
  Coin, half groat
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: James IV
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: James IV silver half-groat, Edinburgh, 1496 - 1513
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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