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



alternately on the field of the obverse, while on this coin of Henry neither of these 

 badges appear. 



On the other hand, it is now believed that Henry the Sixth coined money at 

 London, Bristol, and York, during his brief restoration in 1470,* and although 

 no documentary evidence exists to prove that Henry exercised his prerogatives in 

 Ireland in 1470, it is not impossible that this penny may have been minted in 

 that year. Without presuming to decide this difficult question, I may remark 

 that the Dublin pennies coined by Edward, in 1470, have a rose on the centre of 

 the reverse. 



THE SECOND SECTION. 



The cross patee extending to the edge of the reverse, with three pellets in 

 each quarter, is the character common to all the coins in this section, which com- 

 prises two types ; one having the king's head with an open crown — the other a 

 crown with a double arch. 



The Dublin groats with the open crown present several varieties, they weigh 

 from twenty-six to thirty-one grains. Fig. 24 has the legend henbicvs di gra 

 DNS HYBEBNiE, ouc or two pellcts between the words, no trefoils at the points of 

 the tressure ; reverse, two pellets before the motto posvi devm adivtore' mevm, 

 in the inner circle, crviTAS dvblinie. Fig. 25 has a mint mark of four pellets, 

 and DEI in the legend ; reverse, a pellet after civitas, in which e has been sub- 

 stituted for c. The legend of fig. 26 is, henricvs dei gra dns hybeb, there 

 are trefoils at some of the points of the tressure ; mint mark on the reverse, a 

 cross pierced in the centre, and in the inner circle civitas dvblnnie. 



The four following groats have a small cross at the beginning of the legend, 

 which is henbicvs or henricvs dei gra dns hiber, small crosses between the 

 words, and trefoils at the points of the tressure. The mint mark on the reverse 

 of fig. 27, is a small cross patee ; on fig. 28, a trefoil ; fig. 29, has two small 

 crosses, before the motto posvi dev adivtore mev. Fig. 30 has civitas 

 dvblin, and is without a mint mark on the reverse. 



The name of the city on fig. 30 has been read dvblym, but it appears to 

 me to have been blundered by punching the letters in twice on the die ; the 

 letter taken for y, is only the i doubled ; and that taken for m, is a double N, as 

 is evident from the projection at the top of the letter on the left, whereas the m 



• Hawkins' Silver Coins of England, p. 108. 



