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No. XII, 



On the obverfe, round the head, is the following infcription 

 PLATE I. in Latin, Runic and Ogham charaders : 



No. 12. onatafmoaghmoeo 



Or, 



Ona Taf Moaghmoeo, for Eana dubh Maghmoe. 



On the reverfe, two hands in oppofite quarters, with the fol- 

 PLATE I. lowing infcription : 

 No. 12. daonloaghnica 



Or, 



Daon Loaghntea^ for Doin Loch nea. 



Whence the entire infcription is, 



Eana dubh Maghmoedhoin Loch nea, 



this coin belonging to fome of the Mc. Mahons, chiefs of a 

 diftrid near Loch Neagh. 



Though all poflible care has been taken in decyphering thefe 

 coins, yet I am not certain of having always difcovered the true 

 name, as the power of the Ogham Croabh charaders can only 

 be found by making them accord in fenfe with the Latin and 

 Runic charaders ; and where the entire infcription confifts of 

 Croabh letters, there is no certainty of their fignification. Several 

 charaders alfo have different powers in different alphabets, which 

 renders it difficult to find from what alphabet they were taken, 

 and confequently their local powers j the only method that can be 



followed 



