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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 283 delay, to enable the representatives of the Society to express the strong feeling aroused on this occasion.

By the Rev. —Representation of a sarcophagus, found recently about a quarter of a mile S. W. of Ancastcr, in Lincoln- shire, supposed to be the Isinnis of Richard of Cirencester, where Roman remains have been frequently discovered. It had been deposited in a position N. and S., at so slight a depth that the discovery occurred through the grating of a plough against the stone lid. A skeleton in perfect condition was found in the coffin, unaccompanied by any urn or other object. The coffin is cut out of one piece of the excellent freestone of the district, and the surface still retains distinct marks of the rough oblique tooling. It is round at the head, and square at the foot. Length, 6 feet 10 inches ; greatest width 2 feet 2 inches ; width at the foot, 1 foot 10 inches ; depth, 1 foot 8 inches. A rude slab, about 4 inches thick, formed its cover. This interment is assigned by Mr. Trollope to the Roman period.

By Mr. —A diminutive figure of bronze, representing a man in a close-fitting dress, resembling a jacket and pantaloons, and a conical cap or head-piece; he carries a club which rests upon his shoulder. By the small rivets still remaining, this figure seems to have been attached to some thin substance, possibly leather or metal-plate. The length is rather more than an inch. It was found on high ground to the west of Winchester. The bronze has become well "patinated," and the figure had been considered by some persons to be Roman, representing possibly a recruit going through his exercises with the clava, used, as Vegetius states, instead of a sword. The Dacians appear on Trajan's Column fighting with clubs, and wearing trousers, as also in some instances a kind of Phrygian cap.^

By the Rev. Thomas Hugo. — A bronze cochlear, the bowl circular, the handle pointed (compare Akerman's Archseol. Index, pi. 13, fig. 12), and a ligula terminating in a long scoop, like a marrow-spoon. Each of these objects measures 6^ inches in length. They were described as found in Bucklersbury. A Roman spoon of bone, similar in form to the first, and found at Cirencester, is figured in the Archseologia, vol. x., pi. xi., p. 133.

By Mr. Way. — Impressions from several Roman coins, portions of a large hoard found near Coleraine, during the previous month. This remarkable deposit comprised 1506 coins, wholly of silver, and in good preservation. The series ranges from Constantius II., a.d. 337, to Constantino III. a.d. 407, including fourteen emperors. The coins of Julian II., Arcadius, and Ilonorius, occur in greatest numbers. There were found at the same time silver ingots or short bars, unhammcred, lumps or ingots of various sizes, hammered ; fragments of vessels ornamented with foliated and twining patterns, two triangles interlaced, a human head in relief, &c., and with traces of gilding ; plates with engraved work, and two fragments of ingots stamped with inscriptions. On one of these are the words — ex of patricii {ex officina Patricii), on the other cvr missi ' Roman remains have been found gular little figure may, however, be as- repoatcdly near Winchester ; this sin- signed to Mediicval times.