Date: c. 1465-66

Edward IV, Heavy Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Cork

Description:

Edward IV, Heavy Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Cork

• Weight: 2.24g
• S. 6316; DF 118ff.
• About fine, the mint name clear, extremely rare

Obverse:

• Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, with inward facing lis on cusps, mm. not clear, large rosettes by neck
• + ЄDWΛRDVS : DЄI : GRΛ : DnS : ҺУBЄRnIЄ (double saltire stops)

Reverse:

• Long cross pattée with trefoils in angles, additional pellets in second and third angles
• + POSVI [DЄV]m : Λ DIVTOR • Є mЄVm / CIVI TΛSC ORCA GIЄ
• Pellet and double saltire stops

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of York
• Edward IV
  • First reign: 4 March 1461-3 October 1470
  • Second Reign: 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483
• Hammered
  • Cork Mint

Further Reading:

• Blog Post: Edward IV issues Irish coins of the English standard (1463)
• Blog Post: Edward IV issues Irish coins of a lower standard (1467)