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1856, at Methallj near Warter, on the Wolds. They are 
upwards of 1,500 in number, of the age of Gallienus and the 
so-called Thirty Tyrants, and, with the exception of a few of 
silver, or plated with silver, are all of the third brass. Before 
they were presented to the Society they had been examined 
and carefully classified by Mr. Roach Smith. Fifty-three 
coins, from the same hoard, have been presented by Wm. 
Rudston Read, Esq. The Curator has made a selection of the 
most perfect of all the different types, which he has arranged 
and catalogued, and placed in separate slides within the 
cabinet. He has also, with the assistance of Mr. Davies, made 
a chronological catalogue and abstract of some ancient grants 
of land to the Priory of Guisborough and other documents 
of a later age, which form part of a bequest of the late Eustace 
Strickland. The Society possesses a collection of modern 
medals, in bronze and silver, which have long remained dis¬ 
persed in its cabinets. These, the Curator has lately arranged 
and catalogued, describing, as far as he could, the events which 
they are severally designed to commemorate. 
With these evidences of Mr. Wellheloved’s devotion to the 
interests of the Society, and his continued power of promoting 
them, the Council were very reluctant to accept the resignation 
of his Curatorship, which he recently tendered to them, and 
they have no doubt that the members will hear, with much 
pleasure, that he has consented to resume it, relying on the 
assistance of the Secretaries to supply the want of his personal 
superintendence and inspection. 
A hoard of Saxon silver coins, consisting chiefly of those 
denominated “ Saints,” the production of the ancient York 
mint, was discovered in Walmgate, in April last, and two 
of them have been deposited in the cabinet of the Society. 
The Curator has also placed in it twelve of a hoard of silver 
pennies of the short-crossed money of Henry II. or III. 
Various articles of Roman pottery have been added to our 
collection, amongst which the most remarkable is an infant’s 
feeding-bottle, found near the Mount. It was deemed so 
curious by Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh, that at his 
request it was lent to him, for the purpose of illustrating a 
