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Another possibility appears to be that these objects were a hoard which an 

 individual in some period after the first century A.D. had collected for the 

 purpose of melting down to convert the metal to some other purpose. 



A third question might be raised as to whether the objects were all 

 deposited at the same time, or if they were lost at separate periods, and by 

 some fortuitous circumstances had got close to each other. The fact, however, 

 that the tore and fibula undoubtedly appear to have been found adjoining 

 one another, and are similarly oxidised, militates against this view. 



On the whole, we are inclined to adopt a cautious attitude, and while 

 leaning towards the supposition that the objects belong to a hoard, do not 

 wish to press this view unduly, and are satisfied to record the circumstances 

 of this remarkable find, on the acquisition of which the Academy is to be 

 congratulated. 



Bronze Tore and Brooches in the Academy's Collection {\). 



K.I. A. PROC, VOL. XXXII., SEOT. C, 



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