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



while the occurrence of the words henries and ries, imply that they were exe- 

 cuted by a Frenchman. 



The coins in the second class have an open crown, and may be divided into 

 those having a tressure round the head, and those without a tressure. The 

 varieties of the first kind are numerous. 



Fig. 40 (PI. VII.) has the legend henricvs dei gracia kex alie ; reverse, 

 posvi devm aivtorivm, and in the inner circle civitas dvblinie. Fig. 41, 

 reads henri-cvs dei gratia eex anlie ; the motto is blundered, and in the inner 

 circle it has sivitas dvbline, the d being represented by an inverted g. Fig. 

 42 is engraved to show the degree to which it is blundered on the reverse. 



The number of arches in the tressure on these coins varies from eight to 

 eleven, and at each point there is a small cross, the hair is in long hanging curls, 

 just as it appears on the English groats of Henry with the arched crown ; they 

 weigh from twenty-seven to twenty-eight grains and a half. 



The groat which Simon published (PI. III. fig. 69) as belonging to Kenry 

 the Sixth, is evidently of the same type as my fig. 40. 



Fig. 43 has a cross mint mark, the legend is henric D-ei gra-ciA rex agl, 

 with small crosses between the words, there are three crosses within the tressure, 

 and the hair is in long hanging curls; the motto is posvi dvm adivtoriv mevm, 

 and in the inner circle civitas dvblinie. The c is represented by e, and an 

 inverted e is substituted for d ; it weighs thirty grains. 



Fig. 44 has the hair in short close curls ; the legend is henri-c de-i gracia 

 rex angle, with annulets between the words ; the letter l is represented by a 

 double I, as on some of three-crown groats ;t reverse, posvi, &c., and civitas 

 dvblinie ; it has the letter h in the centre of the reverse, and weighs twenty-nine 



grains. 



The mint mark on fig. 45 is a small cross, the tressure has only six arches, 

 the crown is very flat, and there is a cross at each side of the neck. The legend 

 is henric dei gr-ACiA rex alie fr ; reverse, posvi devm adivtorivm, and 

 civitas dvblini ; it weighs only twenty-three grains. 



Of the groats without the tressure round the head the varieties are very nu- 

 merous. 



Fig. 46 has a cross at each side of the crown, and the hair in long hanging 



* See figs. 16, 18, 19, PI.V. 



