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The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

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COINS OF THE REIGN OF STEPHEN. 347<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m has previously been published, nor am I able to<br />

say where <strong>the</strong> coins were found.<br />

King Stephen's troubles have long been over, <strong>and</strong> his<br />

quarrelsome barons laid to rest. Even <strong>the</strong>ir proud castles<br />

were in many cases razed to <strong>the</strong> ground in <strong>the</strong> following<br />

reign <strong>of</strong> Henry II. But as we contemplate <strong>the</strong>se coins,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y seem to bring home to us more clearly <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> country in that eventful period, <strong>and</strong> we can realise<br />

more fully <strong>the</strong> anarchy that prevailed during those years<br />

<strong>of</strong> civil war : a war which, for its leng<strong>the</strong>ned horrors,<br />

is without parallel in English history.<br />

SAMUEL PAGE.

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