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which has been broken off the reverse face, would bring up 

 the total weight to about 43 grains. 



Obverse. — A standing full-leDgth figure of a man, facing 

 to the front, but looking towards his right. The usual 

 circlet or raised bar passes round and over the head, and it 

 has four outward equidistant bosses or projections. A 

 horizontal bar passes across over the head, and the upper 

 corners of the coins, at each side of the head, are filled with 

 a raised design. The arms hang down at the sides, and the 

 legs are slightly apart, the feet being turned half- outwards. 

 Two upright bars stand at each side, as high as the middle 

 of the thighs. The figure is moderately well-proportioned. 



Reverse. —The same symbol as on the other coins, with 

 two horizontal raised bars below it instead of one. There 

 are no letters on this coin. 



This coin was found at a slightly higher level than the 

 preceding one, and above the pottery stratum. Unfortu- 

 nately it is broken in two. 



4. An oblong copper coin, 1*20 inch long, *55 inch 

 wide, and weighing 35 grains. This coin is much corroded, 

 but is otherwise in fair condition. 



Obverse. — The full-length figure of a man looking to the 

 front, with the arms hanging down near the sides, and the 

 feet somewhat apart, the toes being turned half- outwards. 

 The figure is slender, and very narrow-waisted ; but as 

 regards longitudinal dimensions, it is not badly propor- 

 tioned. Round and over the head is the usual circlet— 

 about two-thirds of a circle— springing from the shoulders. 

 Over this is a horizontal bar, separated from the border 

 rim by a sunk channel of similar width. This border runs 

 round three sides of the coin, being absent at the feet, and 

 is flat and rather broad for a coin of this size. The spaces 

 between the figure and the border, and between the legs as 

 high as the calves, are partly filled up with simple winding 

 tracery. 



Reverse. — The symbol found on the other coins, but 

 made in a slightly different manner, the bends at the ends 

 of the cross-bars being turned in the opposite direction— 

 that is, the top one turns to the left, and the rest are 

 similarly reversed. Below the horizontal base line of this 

 symbol there are two waving parallel lines, instead of one. 



