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The following valuable collection of coins and other antiquities, from 

 the cabinet of the late Very Eev. Eichard Butler, was presented, through 

 Dr. Aquilla Smith, by Mrs. Butler : — ■ 



Coins. — 5 -Hiberno-Danish ; 25 John; 8 Henry III.; 15 Ed- 

 ward I. ; 65 Edward lY. ; 4 Eichard III. ; 35 Henry YII. ; 24 

 Henry YIII. ; 8 Philip and Mary ; 1 1 Elizabeth ; 7 James I. ; 2 

 Charles T. Total, 209 silver coins. 



13 Elizabeth ; 16 James I., and Charles I. (farthings). 4 Charles I. 

 (Confederate money). 4 Charles II. ; 35 James I. (gun-money). 4 

 James II. (halfpence). 2 George I. ; 14 George II.; 8 tokens, Yox 

 Populi," &c. ; 49 traders' tokens, seventeenth century, issu ed in Dublin ; 

 52 tokens issued in Drogheda, &c. ; 4 William and Mary halfpence ; 

 "and 19 coins of great rarity, published by Dr. A. Smith in the " Trans- 

 actions of the Eoyal Irish Academy," vol. xix., and in Sainthill's ^' 011a 

 Podrida," vol. ii., p. 125. 



Total coins presented, 433. 



Seals. — l^o. 1, a large circular copper seal — legend, " S. Conversus 

 de Benedictione Dei," from Athlone; No. 2, brass circular seal — legend, 

 ^' Scutum Stephani Episcopi Eossensis;" JS'o. 3, a copper signet ring, 

 with initials " J.M.D." ; No. 4, a circular leaden seal — legend, " S. Ei- 

 cardi AUigani ;" No. 5, Bulla of Pope Martin Y. ; No. 6, Bulla of Pope 

 Pius II. ; No. 7, Bulla of Benedict XI Y. 



Electeotypes. — No. 1, facsimile of an oval seal — legend, Sigill. de 

 Abbatis. S. Marie deTruin," and reverse of the same matrix — legend. 

 Si. M. Abb. S. Marie de Durmag ;" No. 2, facsimile of a circular Irish 

 seal; No. 3, facsimile of an episcopal seal — legend, Sigill. Epale Jois 

 Epi Eermeb ; No. 4, facsimile of a circular seal — legend, " Sigillum 

 oificii recepte Scaccarii regis iii Anglia," apparently of the reign of 

 Edward III. ; and a large number of impressions of seals in wax. 



Antiquities. — 2 small circular brooches ; 3 buttons ; 1 large copper 

 pin; 30 weights; 18 bronze and stone celts, &c. 



Eesolved, — That the marked thanks of the Academy are due, and 

 are hereby presented, to Mrs. Butler for her very valuable donation. 



12 fragments of encaustic tiles, from the Palace of Swords, were pre- 

 sented, through the Eev. Dr. Todd, by E. P. Colles, Esq. 



The thanks of the Academy were given to the donor. 



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