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" restored to York," and is now deposited in the Hospitium of 

 St. Mary's Abbey, under the guardianship of this Society, 

 amongst other similar valuable relics of Roman York. 



The cabinet of Coins has received an interesting addition 

 by a donation from Lord Wenlock, consisting of 57 pieces, a por- 

 tion of a hoard of groats of Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth, and 

 of shillings and sixpences of Elizabeth, and James I. The 

 hoard was discovered in a farm at Deighton, on his Lordship's 

 estate, and immediately conveyed to him by his tenant. 



Early in the spring of last year, a large hoard of Northum- 

 brian Stycas was accidentally discovered in a field on the banks 

 of the Wharfe, in the parish of Bolton Percy. Having been 

 secretly dispersed, it has not been found possible to ascertain the 

 number of coins which it contained ; but it is probable that it 

 amounted to between seven and eight thousand, more than three 

 thousand of which have, partly by donation, but chiefly by 

 purchase, come into possession of the Society, forming an im- 

 portant addition to those previously obtained by the discovery at 

 York. The hoard of Bolton Percy is the fifth that has been 

 discovered, all in the north of England, and during the present 

 century.* This peculiar coinage is now engaging the attention of 

 numismatists ; and the Curator of Antiquities believes that no 

 cabinet in any Museum contains so large and interesting a col- 

 lection of Stycas, as that belonging to this Society. 



The Subscription entered into in 1846 for fitting up the 

 Hospitium of St. Mary's Abbey for the reception of the 

 general collection of Antiquities, though falling short of the 

 expected amount, has enabled the Council to complete the res- 

 toration of the upper room, and to fit it up, by the adaptation of 

 cases already in the Society's possession, for the reception of the 

 smaller objects requiring such protection. The lower story has 

 for some years been occupied by the sculptured fragments of 



* The first occiirred in 1808, in the parish of Kirk Oswald, in Cumherland. In 

 1813, a few Stycas of Ecgfrid were found in the chapel-yard of Heworth, in the 

 county of Durham ; in 1832, about SOOO Stycas were discovered in the church-yard 

 of Hexham ; and in 1842 a hoard of nearly the same number was turned up in 

 St. Leonard's Place, York. 



