Archaeologia cantiana . It is exactly like one which is engraved by Mr. John Evans,in his work on British Coins, at page 297, plate No. 3. Ashowever it is there stated that the place of discovery of any coinof this type has been hitherto unknown, the Borden example isof more than common importance. It is now in the possessionof Mr. Walter Prentis, of Rainham. The second discoveiy brought to light only one coin; anotherCunobeline, but of a type which has never before been is shewn in fig. .In Mr. Evanss book, a coin, numbered 8 on plate ix., greatlyresembles this Borden Cun
Archaeologia cantiana . It is exactly like one which is engraved by Mr. John Evans,in his work on British Coins, at page 297, plate No. 3. Ashowever it is there stated that the place of discovery of any coinof this type has been hitherto unknown, the Borden example isof more than common importance. It is now in the possessionof Mr. Walter Prentis, of Rainham. The second discoveiy brought to light only one coin; anotherCunobeline, but of a type which has never before been is shewn in fig. .In Mr. Evanss book, a coin, numbered 8 on plate ix., greatlyresembles this Borden Cunobeline, but both on the obverseand on the reverse there are points of difference. 300 MISCELLANEA. BRONZE CELTS. From the Isle of Harty, Mr. Evans, of Hemel-Hempstcad,has obtained the stock in trade of a founder of the ])ronzcperiod.^ This includes bronze socket Celts, moulds for makingthem, and lumps of the metal from which they were made. Allliallows, in the Hundred of Hoo, has lately yielded sundrybronze tools and weapons, which have come into the possessionof Mr. Humphry Wickliam, of Strood. They were found in anearthen pot, two feet below the surface, by workmen Avhowere digging a drain-trench. There were lumps of pure copperin the pot, with the bronze implements. They resemble theexamples, from Sittingbourne, which are engraved in Mr. RoachSmiths Collectanea Antiqua, vol. i., pp. 101, 102, At Haynes Hill, near Hythe, other bronze implements andweapons have recently been discovered, during exca
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