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278 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.<strong>the</strong> month <strong>of</strong> January last (1912) as <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> proceedingsinstituted by <strong>the</strong> Crown in <strong>the</strong> Court <strong>of</strong>Chancery, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> two hoards have since <strong>the</strong>n beenh<strong>and</strong>ed over by <strong>the</strong> Lords <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Treasury to <strong>the</strong>Trustees <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Museum. <strong>The</strong> Trustees havevery wisely determined to retain both hoards intact, <strong>and</strong><strong>the</strong>y now form separate collections in <strong>the</strong> Department<strong>of</strong> Coins <strong>and</strong> Medals.Mr. H. A. Grueber, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum, has been kindenough to weigh <strong>the</strong> coins <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two Corbridge hoards,to supply notes <strong>of</strong> coins in <strong>the</strong> National Collectionwhich illustrate <strong>the</strong> Corbridge Second-Century Find,<strong>and</strong> to give o<strong>the</strong>r valuable help <strong>and</strong> advice. <strong>The</strong> eightplates <strong>of</strong> coins from <strong>the</strong> Second-Century Find illustratingthis paper have been prepared by <strong>the</strong> Oxford UniversityPress. Twenty-sixcoins in <strong>the</strong> hoard are left unillustrated,being duplicates <strong>of</strong> specimens. figured. In <strong>the</strong>ensuing catalogue references are given in every case to<strong>the</strong> plate upon which each coin is figured. <strong>The</strong> coinsare arranged, so far as itorder.was possible, in chronological

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