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and cleaning. In the legends and reverses, there is great 

 variety, and some specimens are rare, some may perhaps be 

 unique. 



This is understood to be the largest deposit of Roman or 

 Roman-British coins ever yet found in Great Britain ; and it 

 is rendered still more remarkable by the fact (already referred 

 to), that, in the last century, other large quantities (the num- 

 ber has not been recorded) were found within a quarter of a 

 mile of the same spot, in the bed of Woolmer Pond ; some in 

 a large pot, probably similar to the vases above mentioned, and 

 others (being those mentioned by White) not inclosed in any 

 vessel, but appearing to have been hastily thrown or poured 

 into the water in a large heap or heaps. These appear to 

 have been, if not wholly, in part at all events, of earlier date : 

 and they were probably (at least in part) of greater size and 

 value than those found at Blackmoor ; for Mr. Sewell speaks of 

 medals, and White speaks of medallions as well as coins; and 

 describes those which he saw as having been in very good 

 condition. 



This account of the antiquities discovered in the parish of 

 Selborne would be imperfect without adding that, on the ridges 

 surrounding the forest basin, of which a description has been 

 given, there are (as I reckon them) thirty-five circular tumuli, 

 or sepulchral mounds, some larger than others, but none of very 

 large size; of which eleven are on or near Hogmoor, to the 

 north-east (seven together in one place, three near together in 

 another, and one by itself apart) ; four are on Whitehill, to the 

 east (three together, close to the high road, and one at a little 

 distance apart) ; one is by itself on the south-easterly projection 

 of the northern Blackmoor Ridge (the ridge on which the church 

 and vicarage-house now stand) ; five are in a line together at 

 the southern extremity of the western Blackmoor Ridge (close by 

 the high road, overlooking Woolmer Pond) ; six, close together, 

 are at the top of the opposite hill, on the other side of Woolmer 

 Pond ; four, close together, are in the government fir plantations, 

 about a quarter of a mile eastward from the east end of Wool- 

 mer Pond ; three are in the highest part of the same planta- 

 tions, to the north-west of the high road from Greatham to 



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