Coin (reverse), groat, from reign of James III

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This is the reverse of a silver groat minted at Edinburgh between 1482 and 1484, during the reign of James III. The coin was worth 14 pence Scots.

The reverse has a single long cross with five-pointed mullets in the 1st and 3rd angles and three pellets in the 2nd and 4th. The Latin inscription translates as: 'God is my Defender and my Redeemer. Town of Edinburgh'.

James III's reign saw a number of major coinage innovations including two new gold coins - the rider and the unicorn; a large billon coin - the plack; and thistle-heads and a realistic portrait of the king appearing on coins for the first time.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-641-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4239
• Date: 1482 - 1484
  Between 1482 and 1484
  
• Material: Silver; slight to moderate wear; slight flattening. Inscription: Obv. Cross IACOBVSDEIGRA REX . SCOTORm; stop is pellet; crowned bust facing in seven-arc tressure / Rev. Cross DnSPT / ECTORm / ESZLIBE / ATVRm; VILL / AEDE / nBEO / VRGE; Z reversed; single
  Coin Type: Stewart IV
  Coin, groat
  
• Dimensions: 24.00 x 23.50 mm D / Die Axis: 9.0
  
• What: Coin Type: Stewart IV
  Coin, groat
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: James III
  Rhoneston Hoard, 1961
  
• Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Rhoneston Bridge / Rhoneston Burn Farm
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: James III silver groat, Edinburgh, 1482 - 1484
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • BNJ 1965, p 114, + pl XIV, no 24 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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