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€om fomiJr at Crofcoolr, 



^HE following note has been received from Mr. H. R. Seymour 



of Crowood. 

 A number of Coins were found last month on my estate, and 

 thinking the matter may be of sufficient interest for a place in the 

 Archaeological Magazine, I shall give an account of them. 



The coins, were found by a boy under the stem of an oak 

 tree, which had been cut a short time previously, and appar- 

 ently the coins had been disturbed by the men in cutting the 

 tree, as three were found by a woodman one morning as he was 

 going to his work, and his boy the next morning found one or two 

 more above ground, and on a further search he came on the lot 

 280 in number, consisting of half-crowns, shillings and sixpences, 

 of the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., viz : — of 

 Elizabeth, 100, of James I., 33, of Charles I., 147., total 280, and 

 weighing 35 ounces. They are much worn, and I am informed 

 are of no value, beyond their weight in silver. They were 

 found in a wood called Lovers' Coppice, in a hole a few yards to the 

 left of an old foot path, which used to lead from Ramsbury to 

 Aldbourne, and on a bank dividing the two parishes of Ramsbury 

 and Aldbourne." 



Indent ^mhx pons^ at f otti^rne, 



l^gHE ancient house, of which a photograph is given in this 

 number, is one of those interestingexamples of domestic archi- 

 tecture, yearly becoming more and more rare. The uniform appear- 

 ance of the frontage has been destroyed by the division of the entire 



0. Laurelled head of Constans, inscription fl. itlconstns nob. R. Two soldiers 

 standing with shield and spears, between them the labarum, with the sacred 

 monogram of Christ. Inscription gloria exeecitys, beneath, m (?, Moneta) 

 P (PercMssrt) LO {Londinio). The ' Nohilii ' on the obverse presents some slight 

 difficulty, as this would have been his title before his fathers death." 



