Date: c. 1280-83

Description:

Edward I’s Second Coinage, Silver Penny, Class 1b (Pellet before EDW in obverse legend).

• Weight: 1.41g

References: (S.6247; Stewartby p.182 Ib)

• Dark tone, nearly Very Fine (nVF)

Obverse:

• Facing bust of Edward I in triangle, three pellets on the breast (the third is in the collar) and a contraction bar above S of DNS.
• Legend:
  • .EDW.R’. ANGL’.D NS.hYB’
  • Translates as:
    • Edward King of England, Lord of Ireland

Reverse:

• Long cross pattée, three pellets in each angle. Roman ‘N’ (as opposed to Lombardic ‘n’) in ‘INIE’
• Legend:
  • CIVI  TAS  DUBL  INIE
  • Translates as:
    • Citizen of Dublin

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of Plantagenet
  • Angevin
• Edward I (1272-1307)
• Hammered

Other coins in this Series:

• Checklist: Anglo-Norman Coinage

Further Reading:

• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 1st Irish Coinage of Edward I (1276)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 2nd Irish Coinage of Edward I (1280-83)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 3rd Irish Coinage of Edward I (1294-1302)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 4th Irish Coinage of Edward I (1294)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 5th Irish Coinage of Edward I (1295)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The 6th Irish Coinage of Edward I (1300)