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In fome are the reprefentations of various kinds of crofTes ; 

 and in others again three balls or fmall circles placed trian^jularly, 

 probably in honour of the Trinity. 



On a few is a charader or figure compofed of a fingle circle, 

 or a double concentric one. This figure is alfo found on feveral 

 Britifh coins ; by fome it is taken for a chariot wheel, by others 

 for a wreath or crown, and generally fuppofed to be the fymbol 

 of royal dignity. 



Having thus attempted a general explanation of thefe curious 

 remnants of Irifli antiquities, I fhall proceed to a more particular 

 inveftigation, in endeavouring to afcertain the princes or chiefs 

 by whom, and, if poflible, the periods in which they were 

 coined. 



PLATE I. The figures of thefe coins in the annexed plate are all drawn 

 at one and a half the original diameter, the real fize being repre- 

 fented in No. XIII. at the bottom of the plate. 



No. I. 



