1. A coin of the size of Roman 1 B., of the province of Macedonia Prima.--_Obv._ A female head, with symbols behind, and a rich floriated edge: _Rev._ A club within an oaken garland: Legend in the field, [Greek: MAKEDONON PROTES]. The type is illustrated by Dr. Horne, in his _Introduction to the Study of the Bible_, in explanation of Acts, xvi. 11, 12. The specimen in my possession is in _lead_, finely struck, and therefore not a _cast_, and in all respects equal in point of sharpness and execution to the silver of the same size and type in the British Museum; and was dug up by a labourer at Chesterton, near Cambridge. How is the metal of which my specimen is composed to be accounted for? 2. A 3 B. coin apparently by the portrait of Tiberius.--Legend defaced: _Rev._ The type known by collectors as the altar of Lyons: _Ex._ (ROM)AE ET AV(G.) 3. A 3 B. of Herennia Estruscilla.--_Rev_. The usual seated figure of Pudicitia; and the Legend, PVDICITIA AVG. According to Col. Smyth, Akermann, and other authorities, no third brass of this empress exists; but the specimen before me has been decided as undoubtedly genuine by many competent judges. 4. A 3 B. coin of the Emperor Macrinus, struck in some of the provinces.--_Obv._ A bearded portrait of the emperor: Leg., AVT. K.M.O.C.C. MAKPINOC: _Rev._ An archaic S.C. in a laurel garland, above L and beneath C. I am anxious to know to what locality I may ascribe this coin, as I have not been able to find it described. E.S.T. * * * * * QUERIES PROPOSED, NO. 2. When reflecting on my various pen-and-ink skirmishes, I have sometimes half-resolved to _avoid controversy_. The resolution would have been unwise; for silence, on many occasions, would be a dereliction of those duties which we owe to ourselves and the public. The halcyon days, so much desired, may be far distant! I have to comment, elsewhere, on certain parts of the _Report_ of the commissioners on the British Museum--which I hope to do firmly, yet respectfully; and on the evidence of Mr. Panizzi--in which task I must not disappoint his just expectations. I have also to propose a query on the _blunder of Malone_--to which I give precedence, as it relates to Shakspeare. The query is--have I "mistaken the whole affair"? A few short paragraphs may enable others to decide. 1. The question at issue arose, I presume to say, out of the _statement of Mr. Jebb_. I never quoted the Irish edition. If _C._ can prove that Malone superintended it, he may fairly tax me with a violation of my new canon of criticism--not otherwise. What says Mr. James Boswell on that point? I must borrow his precise words: "The only edition for which Mr. Malone can be considered as responsible [is] his own in 1790." [_Plays and poems of W.S._ 1821, i. xxxiii.]