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other, the smallest size copper ofthesame era. Both 
purses soon fell to dust after exposure totheair. In 
the last named, wasa beautiful little coin of Theodo- 
sius Augustus, the first or Great, and one of his wife, 
Aelia Flaccilla,—the latter very rare, and both so 
very beautiful, as perhaps even in the eyes of a bar- 
barian, to prevent them from mutilation. I think 
it very evident that the clippings from those coins 
were used for casting some of the larger size in the 
moulds. 
At the opening meeting of our society at 
Taunton, the Rev. Dr. Buckland alluded to those 
moulds and clipped coins, which I had deposited in 
the Museum, and considered they afforded proof 
that among the Romans there were forgers and 
clippers of money. They were taken there by me, 
with the hope of proving the reverse, and that those 
base Roman coins were not forgeries. Who for an 
instant could have taken either of the coins, found 
in the moulds, for silver? and what proof have we 
that the commanders of the Roman forces stationed 
here, had not a right to coin? I am truly sorry 
to differ from the opinion of the Dean of West- 
minster, and still more so,from that ofa friend, who 
through a long life, has been always respected by 
all those ofthe higher class, who have had the honor 
of his acquainiance, who has always been esteemed 
for his learning in every department of science, and 
above all, has always been revered by the poor 
around him, young and old, to whom he has been 
