The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

322 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
2. Obv. Same as No. 1 except that the termination of the
legend is tyYB, instead of tyYBS.
Rev. Same as No. 1. Weight 28'8 grains. 9
This coin is engraved in Lindsay's " View of the Coin-
age of Ireland," PI. VI. fig. 131.
8. Obv. Mint mark, a rose. Legend, RldTVKDus dGCIxGRTS
XDHS x I]YES. Small rose at right side of the
crown and left side of the neck, small sun at left
of the crown and right of the neck.
Rev. Legend a rose POSVI dGCVma diutor (
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exmaVJft , | in inner circle VILL TV* DE | |
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OG1} G.nn .
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I Weight 31 grains. 10
This coin differs from Nos. 1 and 2 in the position of
the small suns and roses on the obverse, and in this
variety of type it corresponds with the Drogheda groat of
Edward IV., 11 and on the reverse it has JRQTStt, instead
of JHCV at the end of the legend in the outer circle.
PENNY.
Obv. King's head within a beaded circle, suns and roses
as on the groat No. 1, no tressure. Mint mark, a
rose. Legend, EIGCar dns+f]YBCE.
Rev. In the centre a large rose within a beaded circle
surmounting a cross. Legend, VILL 7VDE | | |
eda .
| Weight 5-2 grains. 12
Similar to the penny in Snelling's Supplement to Simon,
published soon after 1760, PI. I.
fig. 27, which was
republished by Ruding, Supplement, part ii., PI. IV. fig.
20. In the description of the plate, vol. ii. p. 387, the
weight of the penny is stated to be eight
grains.
9 B. I. Academy.
10
11
George Coffey, Esq., Dublin.
Smith, PI. II. fig. 30.
18 R. I. Academy.
and a half