44 RECENT DISCOVFRY OF ROMAN COINS AT SHIPLEY. 



silver, plate, or bullion, found hidden in the earth, or rather 

 private place, the owner thereof being unknown." 



As early as the time of the emperor Hadrian it was enacted 

 " that half the value of any hidden treasure was to be left in 

 possession of the finder, and the other half was to be considered 

 the property of the owner of the land in which it was discovered." 

 In the absence of any special arrangement this decree appears a 

 good one, and one which might amicably answer our purpose 

 to-day. 



