9 8 
COINS. 
six moulds for Roman coins, found at Wakefield. In 1824, a 
collection, consisting of some 750 Roman brass, go Roman silver, 
24 English gold coins and medals, and 385 Saxon, Norman, and 
English silver coins, was purchased of Mr. Henwood, of York, for 
£210. Amongst donors of coins were Archdeacon Eyre, Peter 
Atkinson, Dr. Beckwith, and Dr. Goldie. In 1825, Aid. Smith 
gave 20 Roman silver, Joseph Eglin 133 Roman brass, Thomas 
Meade 6 Roman pseudo-silver, 64 brass and 1 Greek coin ; Rev. 
W. Watkinson 4 Consular and 18 Imperial silver and brass. In 
1827, 155 coins, medals and dies were added. In 1831, E. Strick¬ 
land gave 18 Roman coins found without Micklegate Bar. 
In 1832, the collection of coins formed by Barnard Clarkson, of 
York, was catalogued (18 pp.) and sold by auction by Joseph 
Stringer, at Mrs. Sowerby’s, White Horse inn, Coppergate, on 
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 20th, 22nd, and 23rd, at 
7 p.m. each day. Ten curious medals sold for 2s. 6d., 180 Abbey 
pieces found at Kirkham Abbey for 14s. 6d., 80 monastery pieces 
for 3s. 6d., several hundred English, foreign, and provincial copper 
coins realised 16s. 6d. Of Roman gold Nero made 27s., Titus 24s., 
Domitian 27s., and Theodosius 21s. Five gold Saxon coins were 
also sold. Forty Roman silver from Julius Caesar to Theodosius 
were sold for £& 10s. Forty Consular silver made £\ 4s. 6d. 
585 Roman coins realised £3 7s. Three pennies of Henry VII. 
with bishops’ initials were sold for 2s., whilst 6 pennies of Henry 
VIII. with bishops’ initials were sold for 7s. 6d., and a half-crown 
of Charles I. marked “ Ebor’’ realised 12s. 
In 1833, the Corporation presented to the Museum 46 Roman 
brass, including those of Nero, Domitian, and Constantinus M, 
which were found in removing the rampart near Bootham Bar. 
Excavations for the railway and the building of Parliament 
Street were in progress in 1837. At the latter an uninscribed gold 
coin was found, on it is represented a bull with human head, and 
on the reverse a figure in armour on the skeleton of a-horse. 1 
Amongst private collectors of coins were William Hargrove, the 
proprietor of the “York Herald’’; Robert Cook, who collected on 
behalf of Thomas Bateman, the well-known Derbyshire antiquary; 
and Mr. lames Cook, his brother. 2 
In 1840, a number of Roman denarii was found in York. Two 
years later a hoard of some thousands of stycas, the copper coins 
of the Northumbrian Kings in the 8th and gth centuries, was 
found in Mint Yard (St. Leonard’s) ; about 4000 are now in the 
Museum. In 1845, 500 coins of William I. were found at the 
1 Hargrove, p. 63. 
2 Raine, "Y.M. Handbook/’ 
