"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.[38] Some chemist could readily try this. The coin itself belongs to a class of trientes which have been found almost exclusively in England, and are probably of Saxon origin. Enclosed is an impression of one found near Dover. See Smith's _Coll. Ant._, vol. i. pl. xxii. 9. Others were in the Bagshot Heath or Crondale find. See _Num. Chron._, N. S., vol. x. 164, pl. xiii. 24 to 26; _Num. Chron._, vol. vi. They probably belong to the sixth or seventh century. The find is of value as helping to assign a date to the crannog." (Figs. 246 and 247.) VI. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 1. _Armlets._--Fragments of three armlets made of cannel coal, very similar to those found at Lochlee and Lochspouts. 2. _Jet Ornament._--A small link-shaped ornament of jet, with two small holes for attachment in one side (Fig. 248). This object was found on the surface of a mound of débris long after it was wheeled out, and hence no dependence can be put on its antiquity. [Illustration: Fig. 248.--Jet Ornament (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 249.--Bead (1/1).] 3. _Beads, Vitreous Paste, etc._--A cylindrically-shaped bead, variegated with three different colours, red and yellow predominating over patches of transparent glass (Fig. 249). Half of a tiny yellow bead, of a vitreous substance, only 3/16 of an inch in diameter. A round object, of the size of a small marble, made of vitreous paste, variegated with blue and white, but without any aperture. Another small flattened object, about the size of a shilling, made of a white compact vitreous substance. It is very smooth, rounded on one side, but flattened on the other. Looks like a drop of a semi-liquid that had fallen on a smooth floor. In the York Museum, case C, amongst some other Roman antiquities I observed several similar articles, which are referred to in the Handbook as "roundlets of coloured glass, probably to set in brooches, from the railway excavations, 1874-75." One or two little round bits of a dark slag. 4. _Glass._--Three fragments of thick bright-green glass, all irregularly shaped. 5. _Leather._--Several strips and chippings of very thin leather. [Illustration: Fig. 250.--Pottery (2/3).] 6. _Pottery._--A small fragment of Samian ware, only about a square inch, with the glaze nearly worn off, but quite unmistakeable in its character. Fig. 250 represents a fragment of a small dish with its outline. This vessel was made of a hard tinkling ware, black externally, and of a dull white inside, and measured 3-1/2 inches across its mouth and 3 inches in depth. [Illustration: Fig. 251.--Pottery (1/1).]