Archaeologia cantiana . ur torques, of two hundred mancusesof gold, are mentioned. The weight and value of theseornaments shew that they were both torques andarmillic, probably antique. I have stated that the armillse found at Chathamand Gillingham were broken in ancient times. Thelarger specimen is also notched deeply, as if to facili-tate a further division. These facts are, to a certainextent, evidence of these ornaments having been usedin commerce, in weighty transactions, as a monetarymedium. Their value was no doubt well understood;and, l)eing carried upon the person, their safety wasens
Archaeologia cantiana . ur torques, of two hundred mancusesof gold, are mentioned. The weight and value of theseornaments shew that they were both torques andarmillic, probably antique. I have stated that the armillse found at Chathamand Gillingham were broken in ancient times. Thelarger specimen is also notched deeply, as if to facili-tate a further division. These facts are, to a certainextent, evidence of these ornaments having been usedin commerce, in weighty transactions, as a monetarymedium. Their value was no doubt well understood;and, l)eing carried upon the person, their safety wasensured. The smaller gold ornaments of the Celts,of which such a remarkable variety has been found inIreland, may also be considered under this point of county. The same observation may be applied to the numerousBritish urns collected by Mr. Charles Warne, author of AncientDorset; just published, a work which enhances the value of collectionssuch as these. • Diplomatarium Anglicum MV\ Saxonici, p. 500, et seq. Il-ATK ^ DISCOVERED IN KENT. 11 view. It does not, however, tend mnch to lessen theirmental inferiority to the Greeks and Romans, whosecoinages, adapted so fully for all classes, are amongthe most striking proofs of their great intellectualexcellence. Eor all who may he induced to make researches onthe subject of this communication, I cannot do betterthan to refer them to Dr. Birchs well-illustratedPapers in volumes ii. and iii. of the ArchaeologicalJournal; to the Proceedings of the Poyal IrishAcademy; to Dr. Wildes Catalogue of the Antiqui-ties of the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy; andto Mr. Croft on Crokers account of Gold Plates andother ornaments in gold, including torques and armillse,printed in the third volume of the CollectaneaAntiqua. PLATES A AND B. Fig. 1, which with Figure 3 may strictly be called a Torques; weight 4 oz. 17 dwts. 19 grs.; its total length is 16 2. Weight 5 oz. 17 dwts. 12 gr.; length 6^ in.; girth 1^ 3. Weight 5 oz
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