Date: 1472-78 ?

Edward IV Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Limerick

Description:

Edward IV, Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Limerick mint, mm. cross on obverse + rose on reverse, l below bust, cinquefoils by neck and after TAS. A little clipped, otherwise very fine, dark-toned, rare.

• Weight: 1.97 g
• References: S 6343; DF 134

Obverse:

• Facing bust, “L” below bust, cinquefoils by neck, annulet to left and right; all within tressure of arches
• mm. cross
• Legend:
  • “EDWARDVS DEI GRA DNS HYBER”
    • Translates as: “Edward, King by the Grace of God, Lord of Ireland”

Reverse:

• Long cross pattée, with two pellets and rosette in first and third angles and three pellets in second and fourth angles
• mm. rose
• cinquefoil after “TAS”
  • Inner Legend: “CIVI  TAS  LIMI  RICI”
    • Translates as: “City of Limerick”
  • Outer Legend: “POSVI DEUM ADIVTOREM MEUM”
    • Translates as: “I have made God my helper”

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of York
• Edward IV (1471-1483)
  • Second period of rule (11th April 1471 – 9th April 1483)
    • War of the Roses
• Hammered

Other coins in this Series:

• Checklist: Anglo-Norman Coinage

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)