Fig. 163.—An Iron Axe (2⁄3).
Gold.—Two spiral finger-rings, and a small coin, doubled up when found ([Fig. 165]). Regarding this coin, Dr. Evans reports as follows:—
"The two plates of gold seem originally to have formed the shell of an early forgery of a coin, the oxidised core of which forms the contents of the small tube. I thought at first that the substance might be resinous, but I think it is some salt of copper. Some chemist could readily try this [this has since been proved to be a salt of copper]. The coin itself belongs to a class of trientes which have been found almost exclusively in England, and are probably of Saxon origin. See Smith's "Coll. Ant.," vol. i. Pl. xxii. 9. Others were in the Bagshot Heath or Crondale find. See Num. Chron., vi. These probably belong to the sixth or seventh century. The find is of value as helping to assign a date to the crannog." (B. 373, p. 231.)
Fig. 164.—Bolt of Padlock (1⁄1), Spear-head (1⁄2), and a small Tool of Iron (1⁄1), and a circular Brooch of Bronze (1⁄1).
