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ham, county Dublin. They bore the impress of a head, which 
resembled that on a coin of Antiochus in his possession. They 
were evidently of a great antiquity; but he could not posi- 
tively say whether they were coins of Antiochus or of one of 
the Ptolemys. It was singular that they should have been 
found at Rathfarnham, where several Roman coins had been 
already discovered. They were every day finding antiquities 
of Greece and Rome; and notwithstanding what had trans- 
pired respecting the coins found in the foundations of Mr. 
Haliday’s house, and those now in the possession of Mr. Cooke, 
of Parsonstown, the two coins which he then exhibited, with 
Mr. Glennon’s permission, were in many respects singular and 
worthy of consideration. 
Dr. Petrie remarked that the discovery of such coins at 
Rathfarnham was a circumstance well worthy of attention. 
At the last meeting but one of the Academy he commented 
on the fact of Roman coins being occasionally found at that 
place. Those exhibited by Sir William Betham were not Ro- 
man; they were actually Egyptian, and the eagle, indepen- 
dently of the inscriptions, clearly showed that they were so. 
It was strange that such coins should be found there; and if 
established by sufficient authority—something more than mere 
hearsay—it would be of the highest importance to have the 
fact placed upon record. 
Sir William Betham said he knew nothing more of their 
history than what he had stated; but he had no doubt that, 
if compared with the published coins of Egypt and Syria, 
their precise character would be ascertained. The heads on 
several of those coins were similar to these on the two which 
he had exhibited. 
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Glennon for haying 
allowed the coins to be exhibited to the Academy. 
Mr. Huband Smith next announced the donation ofa large 
