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No. I. 



On the obverfe is the reprefentation of a head armed with a clofe 

 helmet, ornamented with a creft, and round it the following in- 

 fcription, in Runic and Ogham Croabh charadlers : PLATE I. 



I a d h m o 1 a gh a s r o No. i. 



Viz. 

 ladh mo : Laghas ro, for Magh Ijioghaois re, or Laoghis King. 



It is fomewhat remarkable, that the Gothic W fhould in this, 

 and all thofe coins, exprefs the power of the Irifli Gh. The W 

 at this day, at the end of the words in the Ruffian language, has 

 nearly the power of the Irifh Gh, and we may reafonably con- 

 clude, among all the Tuetonic nations, the power was the fame, 

 and is very properly introduced here to exprefs that found. 



On the reverfe is a large crofs dividing the coin into four quar- 

 ters, in two of which is the refemblance of a hand, before fpoken 

 of; and in the two other quarters fymbolic characters, found on 

 feveral Britifli and Danifli coins, with the following legend : PLATE I. 



du n aghmagra d No. i. 



Viz. 

 Dunagh mag rad, for Dunagh magh riada, 

 this coin belonging to one of the O'Mores of Laoghis or 

 Leix in the Queen's County, whofe place of refidence was 



Dunagh 



