C'i°) 
that Form till fome Ages afterward : And when it 
was introduced, the upper Part was not at firft 
made fo ered, as it is here, but carried in a fmall 
Arch juft oyer the Top of the Circle, as may be 
feen in Tab. IL Fig. i. On the other hand, what 
looks here like the modern 6, was at that Time the 
ufual Form of the Capital G. This I found fully 
confirmed by a large Collection of original Grants, 
made by our antient Kings and others, and pre- 
ferved in the Cottonian Library a . Upon coniult- 
ing thefe for half a Century at lead, both before and 
after the Year 1016, I found the G fb written in a 
great Number of them, of which the following are 
iome few Inftances : N. 37. anno dcccclx. N. 37. 
anno dccccxciii. N. 53. anno mxlv. N., 49. 
anno mlxxxi. For thefe Reafons therefore I can 
make no Queftion, but that Charader was defigned 
for a G, and not a 6 . And it is plain from other 
Circumftances in Mr. Gnlfion' s Letter, that the 
Building might very probably be as antient as the 
Year 1000 5 which renders this Relic of it, con- 
fidering how firm and found it ftill is, a remarkable 
Curiofity. 
The Ufe which I think may be made of thefe 
Obfervations is this : That fo far as yet appears, 
any Coin,. Infcription, or Manufcript, with a fup- 
pofed Date before the thirteenth Century, exprefied 
in Arabian Figures, may be juftly lufpeded either 
not to be genuine, or not truly read ; unlefs the 
Antiquity of it be certain from other clear and 
undoubted Circumftances, and the Date will bear no 
a Auguftus II* 
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