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



Mr. Lindsay mentions a sun, as a mint mark on the Waterford groats, but 

 does not say on which variety it occurs. 



The legend on the obverse presents little variety ; and they all have on the 

 reverse, civitas waterford, many of them having a small cross in the alternate 

 quarters, with the pellets. 



No half groat of any type, from this mint, has been discovered. 



There are several varieties of the pennies ; one has a pellet at each side of 

 the king's crown, and two small crosses at each side of the neck ; legend, edward 

 Di GR DNS iBERNia ; mint mark, a cross. Reverse, civitas waterford ; 

 weight, ten grains. — (PI. IV. fig. 70.) A variety of this type has on the reverse, 



civitas WATFORD. 



Another has an annulet at each side of the king's neck; it weighs nine 

 grains and a half. — (PI. IV. fig. 71.) 



A third variety has a pellet at each side of the neck ; mint mark, an annulet. 

 Reverse, civitas watford : weight, eight grains. — (PI. IV. fig. 72.) 



The legend of the fourth variety is, edward dns hyber, and it has a small 

 cross at each side of the neck. Reverse, civitas watford ; it also has a kind 

 of quatrefoil in the centre, and weighs eight grains. — (PI. IV. fig. 73.) 



WEXFORD mint. 



The only kind of coin known from this mint is the groat, which was pub- 

 lished by Simon, PI. V. fig. 93, and represented as if in as good preservation, 

 and as equal in workmanship to any of the coins of this reign. I am inclined to 

 think the engraver has not given a correct delineation of the coin, as I have 

 recently had an opportunity of seeing one, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Butler, of 

 Trim, and it is remarkable for the rudeness of its execution ; it has the king's 

 head crowned, within a double tressure of ten arches. The legends are very 

 defective, and appear to have been greatly blundered. Reverse, villa weisfor ; 

 the s is reversed, and on the coin it looks very like an x, for which it may have 

 been intended ; the metal is apparently impure, and the coin weighs only twenty- 

 six grains. — (PI. IV. fig. 74.) 



One small brass piece is known, which corresponds in tjrpe with the coins 

 described in this section. It exhibits on one side the king's head crowned, and 



