REPORT OF THE 
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Through the liberality of R. Nicholson, Esq., a valuable painting 
by Van Hurpe, has been presented to the Society, and placed in 
the Library. 
In the early part of the year, the workmen employed in taking 
down the house at the corner of Jubbergate and Coney-Street, 
discovered below the floor of the cellar, a large deposit of silver 
coins, which were however unfortunately very widely dispersed be¬ 
fore the discovery was made known to the Curator of that de¬ 
partment. Owing to this speedy dispersion, the extent of the hoard 
has not been ascertained; there appears however reason to conclude 
from subsequent inquiries, that the number of coins could not have 
been less than five or six hundred. All that have since been col¬ 
lected and examined, have proved to be pennies of William the first, 
with one or two of Edward the Confessor, and all of the same type; 
the reverse of the Conqueror’s coins, agreeing with that of Edward. 
A small number was, soon after the discovery, presented by the 
Curator to the Museum, and more have since been received from 
Robert Davies Esq., the Treasurer. It is remarkable that the first 
great discovery of coins of William the first was made about a 
century ago, in York, and not far from the spot in \yhich this last 
hoard was found. 
The Society is much indebted to Richard Jennings Esq., of Driffield, 
for several interesting articles recently found in a tumulus situated 
in a field belonging to that gentleman, and which seems to have 
formed the grave of several ancient wamors, either Roman—British, 
or Anglo-Saxon. The articles are chiefly fragments of armour, 
fibulae and clasps of various patterns, and other ornaments of dress. 
A large and curious collection of Celts, accidentally discovered a 
little below the surface of the ground adjoining the church Yard at 
Westow, has been added by purchase to the Museum. The pe¬ 
culiar interest of this collection arises partly from its extent, the 
number of Celts amounting to more than fifty, but still more from 
the variety of size and shape in these not uncommon relics of ancient 
times ; and from the occurrence of googes and chisels amongst them, 
formed of the same material, and justifying the opinion which An¬ 
tiquaries of late have adopted.—that Celts were not, as was formerly 
supposed, exclusively instruments of war, but implements of the 
artisan or the husbandman, perhaps of both. 
