Date: 1561

Elizabeth I, 2nd Irish Coinage (fine silver) Groat, dated 1561. Crowned bust to left / Three Harps posed on crowned shield, date either side

Description:

Elizabeth I, 2nd Irish Coinage (fine silver) Groat, dated 1561. Crowned bust to left / Three Harps posed on crowned shield, date either side. Mintmark: Harp (Dublin mint). Obverse legend reads “RE” (instead of REG)

• Weight: 1.45 g
  • Fine Silver: 0.916 fine
    
• References: D&F 251; S. 6506
  

Well struck on a broad flan and with good legends.

• Good Very Fine (gVF)
• Scarce

Obverse:

Crowned bust (Elizabeth I) to left

• Legend: ELIZABETH:.D’.G’.A’F.ET’HIBERNIE.RE
  • Translation:
  • “Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland“

Reverse:

Three Harps posed on crowned shield, date either side

• Legend: POSVI.DEVM.ADIVTOREM:MEVM
  • Translation:
  • (Psm. 54:4) “I have made the Lord mine helper”

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of Tudor
• Elizabeth I
  • Second Irish Coinage (fine silver)
• Hammered

Further Reading:

• Check List: Irish Tudor & Stuart Coinage
• O’Brien Coin Guide: An Introduction to the Irish Coinage of Elizabeth I

Other Coins in this Series:

• Elizabeth I

  • 1st Irish Coinage (de-based silver, 1558) mm. Rose
    • Billon Shilling
      • Obverse legend reads “REGINA”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGIN.”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI:”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI” (no stop)
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
    • Billon Groat
      • Obverse legend reads “REGINA”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGIN”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI.”
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
  • Edward VI Re-used (Countermarked)
    • Seated Greyhound ‘Countermark’ on Edward VI Irish Shilling (1560)
  • 2nd Irish Coinage (fine silver, 1561) mm. Harp
    • Shilling
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI”
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
    • Groat
      • Obverse legend reads “REG”
      • Obverse legend reads “RE”
      • Legends read “REG” and “MEV”
  • 3rd Irish Coinage (de-based silver, 1601-02) – three different mintmarks
    • Shilling
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Sixpence
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Threepence
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Copper Penny
      • Mintmark: Trefoil, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Star, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Martlet, dated 1602
    • Copper Halfpenny
      • Mintmark: Trefoil, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Star, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Martlet, dated 1602