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THE Srcljaeologiral ^ouvuaL SEPT^lBEll, 18 17. AN ACCOUNT OF COINS AND TREASURE FOUND IN CUERDALE.— (rby/////m/.) The objects forming the next class of ornauieiits which recjuire notice are of a very different character from those which have ah-eacly been described, both in the style of work- manship and in the natnre of the devices with which they are decorated. This find does not afford any specimen of an attempt at producing a round figure, nor any attempt at scidpture ; but there are a few fragments which shew that the makers of them were not withheld by any superstitious repugnance from producing imitations, rude, indeed very rude, of animal forms. Fig. L?S is a fragment, of what it is difhcult even to conjec- ture ; it appears to have been produced entirely by hammer and punches. In the middle is a depressed circle, containing two concentric circles of globules, within which has been inserted probably a button or knob similar to iig. .^9. The figures at the sides are evidently intended for dragons; the VOL. IV. c c