Dr. Smith on the Irish Coins of Edward the Fourth. 23 



The groats with the letter g on the king's bust are more numerous ; mint 

 mark, a cross pierced in the centre ; legend, edwardvs dei gra dns hybern. 

 Some have an annulet at each side of the king's neck. The average vf eight of 

 eight well preserved pieces is thirty-two grains. — (PI. II. figs. 42, 43.) 



A half groat has been recently discovered, and is unique ; legend, edward 

 Di GRA DNS HYBER ; mint mark, a sun ; it has not trefoils at the points of the 

 tressure. Reverse, posvi, &c., and villa de droghe : weight, fifteen grains. 

 —(PI. II. fig. 44.) 



Of the pennies, there are four varieties. 



The first has a pellet at each side of the king's neck. Reverse, villa de 

 DROGHE : weight, eight grains. — (PI. II. fig. 45.) 



The second has a small rose in the centre of the reverse, and weighs only 

 six grains. — (PI. II. fig. 46.)* 



The third has an ornament, consisting of four loops united, so as to form a 

 kind of quatrefoil, in the centre of the reverse ;f legends, edward dns hyber, 

 and villa de drogheda : weight, seven grains. — (PI. II. fig. 47.) 



The fourth variety has a small sun at each side of the king's neck ; and the 

 legend on the obverse is different from all the others, viz. edward rex ang . 

 FR ; mint mark, a cross.J I do not know of any Drogheda groat with a similar 

 legend. 



DUBLIN MINT. 



The legend on the groat is edwardvs di gra dns hybernie ; mint marks, 

 a rose, and a cross pierced in the centre. Reverse, posvi & ; and in the inner 

 circle, civitas dvblinie. They weigh from thirty-five and a half to forty-five 

 and a half grains. — (PI. III. fig. 48.) This is the heaviest piece of the English 



* I should have placed this coin at the end of the second section, on account of the rose on its 

 reverse, were it not that the pellets in the quarters of the cross identify it more closely with the 

 coins described in this section. This piece, taken together with No. 36, exhibits the transition of 

 the type from the coins of the Hiberno-English series to that of the English type described in this 

 section. 



f A similar ornament occurs on the York and Durham pennies of Edward the Fourth. — Ku- 

 ding, Suppl. PI. III. figs. 21, 28, 2nd edit. 



% Simon, PI. IV. fig. 92. 



