Dr. Smith on the Irish Coins of Edward the Fourth. 17 



pointed leaves at six points of the tressure ; mint mark defaced ; legend, 



Dvs DEI GRA DNS HYBER. Reverse, a large sun of twenty-four rays, having 

 a small rose in its centre ; legend, . illa de drog .... divided into four 

 parts by suns and roses alternately : a portion of it has been broken off, and it 

 weighs only thirty-eight grains. This unique and interesting coin is the earliest 

 piece known from the mint of Drogheda. — (PI. I. fig. 24.) 



The double groat of the Dublin mint has a rose mint mark ; legend, 

 edwardvs DEI GRA DNS HYBERN. Rcvcrse, civiTAs DVBLiNiE. This piecc is 

 in' fine preservation, and weighs forty-four grains. — (PI. II. fig. 25.) 



A groat of the Dublin mint was the only coin of this type known to Simon, 

 as was before observed ; mint mark, a rose ; legend, edward di gra dns hyber ; 

 weight, twenty-two grains and a half.* The weight of this piece corresponds 

 exactly with the standard fixed by the Act, and Simon referred it to its proper 

 date ; yet it is evident he did not clearly understand this coinage, for he describes 

 a penny of a different type as belonging to it.t 



A half groat of the Dublin mint was discovered at Trim, in 1834; type 



same as the groat ; mint mark, a sun ; legend, edwa hybernie. 



Reverse, civitas dublinie : weight, ten grains. — (PI. II. fig, 26.) 



The half groat now appears, for the first time, in the Irish series. 



The Trim groat is unique ; type similar to the others ; it has not trefoils at 

 the points of the tressure, as in the double groat. Reverse, ... la de trim ; 

 it weighs twenty-three grains and a half, and is the earliest coin on which the 

 name of this town appears. — (PI. II. fig. 27.) 



An interesting addition to the very few pieces of this type which are known, 

 was discovered in August, 1839, near Castlecomer, county Kilkenny ; it is the 

 half groat of Trim, and is unique ; mint mark, a rose ; two small pellets over the 

 crown; legend, edwardvs di gra dns hybe. Reverse, a sun of twenty-four 

 rays ; legend, villa de trim ; after the word Trim, there is a trefoil with 

 pointed leaves, and pellets between them ; its weight is eleven grains and a 

 quarter, which accords exactly with the standard. — (PI. II. fig. 28.) 



I must now make a few remarks on the three small coins engraved in Snel- 

 ling's Supplement to Simon.| They are described as "having a large sun of 



* Simon, PI. IV. fig. 72. f Simon, p. 26, and PI. V. fig. 114. % PI. I. figs. 20, 21, 25. 



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