Thirty Shillings (Fourth Coinage : James VI)
Designer
T Acheson
Issuer
King James VI and I
(Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1566 - 1625)
Date1583
Object NameThirty Shillings
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsCoins
DimensionsMax.: Diameter: 36 mm, Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: Weight: 22.1 gm
Weight: Weight: 22.1 gm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1919 by Andrew Henderson.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS011969
About MeThis half-length portrait of the king as a teenager is highly unusual. Coins normally show head, head and shoulders or full-length portraits. On this coin he stands, a skinny youth wearing a crown and holding his sword aloft.
