62 Dr. Smith on the Irish Coins of Henry the Seventh. 



It is not unlikely that the coin which Simon published (PL III. fig. 63) was 

 partly defaced, and that in the attempt to restore the legend, rex was substituted 

 for ACiA ; the fleurs-de-lis in the legends are also omitted, and at the ends of the 

 cross there are pellets instead of annulets. 



All the half-groats have annulets at the ends of the cross on each side, but 

 have not the letter h under the crowns ; they weigh from twelve to thirteen 

 grains. 



Fig. 2 has the legends henricvs di orai, and civitas dvbbl-. The letter 

 o has been substituted for g, as is also very evident on the obverse of fig. 3, which 

 is undoubtedly from the same die ; the legend on the reverse of the latter coin 

 is civ-iTA DEB-lin. On fig. 4, the legends are henricvs d, and civitas deblin, 

 and fig. 5 reads henricvs dig, and civitas debli. 



The half-groat published by Simon (PI. III. fig. 67), with the remarkable 

 legend henric dom obar, if correctly represented, should perhaps be dom vber, 

 an abbreviation of dominos vbernie, the legend on several of the groats pre- 

 sently to be described. 



The penny (Fig. 6) has a circle of pellets on each side, and pellets at the 

 ends of the cross, the legends are he-NRicvs rex an, and civitas dvblin -, it 

 weighs seven grains. 



Groats are the only coins which are known from the mint at Waterford. 

 The shield on the obverse is within a tressure of four single arches, outside 

 which is a circle, sometimes formed of pellets, but more generally a plain line. 

 The legend, in its most complete form, is, henricvs di gkacia rex, and on the 

 reverse, civitas waterforde, one or more letters are generally omitted. The 

 crowns on the reverse are within a tressure of double arches, the number of 

 which is generally nine ; the marks which occur in the legends are, a trefoil, a 

 star of five rays, and a small cross. 



Fig. 7 has the legends henricvs graia rex, and civitas WA-terfor-DE, the 

 arms of the cross are terminated by pellets, as on some of the three crown groats 

 of Edward the Fourth, the tressure on the reverse has only eight arches, there 

 are small trefoils at its points, and in the angles outside it, and a fleur-de-lis at 

 each side of the middle crown ; another of similar type has the legend henricvs 



DI GRACIA RX. 



Fig. 8 has the circle on each side formed of pellets, the legends are henricvs 

 D GRACIA REX, and civitas waterford. 



