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by the encroachments of the sea, some of which I shall introduce when 
treating of the localities from whence they were procured ; they serve 
to preserve facts, the result of which may be useful to antiquarians in 
the arrangement of particular British coins peculiar to certain districts 
of this kingdom. 
The coins and British remains contained in the wood engraving 
were picked up by the fishermen and others on the shore at Selsey 
and Bracklesham. They tend to elucidate and bear record of the 
early and most interesting historical period of this part of the county. 
Fig. 1. Ring of pure gold weighing 104 grams, found at Bracklesham, supposed to have been 
passed as money by the early mhabitants of this country, before the introduction of coms. These 
rings are frequently found in Ireland of various shapes and sizes, and weighing several ounces, 
but are rarely discovered in England. I have seen one similar in form and weight to this found 
m Kent. 
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