Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . , Lorraine,and Hainault, and the Scotch coins of Alexander II.,John Baliol, and Robert Bruce, there was found a com-plete English series of those of the first Edward (fig. 150), who, at various times, had his money struck at severaltowns in England, Scotland,and Ireland. There werealso specimens of all the pre-latical coins of Edward I., Edward II., as well as many ofHenry III.,—both of his first and second coinage,—and afew of the most early of Edward II. On the whole, a finermuseum of English, Scotch, and Irish coins w
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . , Lorraine,and Hainault, and the Scotch coins of Alexander II.,John Baliol, and Robert Bruce, there was found a com-plete English series of those of the first Edward (fig. 150), who, at various times, had his money struck at severaltowns in England, Scotland,and Ireland. There werealso specimens of all the pre-latical coins of Edward I., Edward II., as well as many ofHenry III.,—both of his first and second coinage,—and afew of the most early of Edward II. On the whole, a finermuseum of English, Scotch, and Irish coins was never be-fore, under any circumstances, thrown open to the inspec-tion of the antiquary and historian. Yet it seems very sur-prising that the English coins found should, with only oneexception, have been of the same small size and exception was a very beautiful coin of silver, about thesize of half-a-crown, and of the reign of Edward I. Noris it less surprising that the chest should have containedno jewellery or other valuable articles, one ring alone. THE DOFE SPECIMENS. 417 being found in the river, which was probably lost by someone of the earls officers in fording. It was rudely chased,and bore within the circle the motto Spreta vivant. Fortunately for oursubject, a mass of thisferro - argentine con-glomerate was pur-chased from the finder,and is now in the pos-session of LlewellynnJewitt, Esq., of Win-ster Hall, near Mat-lock, Derbyshire. Inthis is most wonder-
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