Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/3 Groat - James V 2nd Coinage, Type IV
| Issuer | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Year | 1526-1539 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of James V, depicted as a draped bust with flowing hair visible beneath the crown. The crown is of an open, ornate form characteristic of Scottish regal portraiture of the period. A beaded inner circle frames the portrait, with the royal legend disposed around the periphery in Gothic-influenced lettering. The hammered flan displays the irregular planchet shape typical of early sixteenth-century Scottish coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | · IACOBVS : 5 : DEI : GRA : R : SCOTOR (Translation: James the Fifth, by the grace of God, King of Scots) |
| Reverse description | A shield bearing the Scottish royal arms — the lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory — is centrally placed upon a long cross extending to the coin's inner circle, dividing the field into four quarters. The cross terminates at the beaded inner border, with the municipal legend of Edinburgh arranged around the periphery. The style is consistent with the Edinburgh mint production of the second coinage of James V, with characteristic bold relief on the lion rampant. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |