a system of weights of their own. Secondly the evidence of the actual British Coins (cf. Evans, Coins of Ancient Britons) which are of a standard not Roman.
Now we have seen above that the Irish gold rings were weighed on a standard of almost 13·5 grs. Troy. Let us now see if the larger gold ornaments preserved in our Museums confirm or disprove the evidence of the rings. I shall first give the weights of those in the Royal Irish Academy:
[1] Crescent shaped ornaments: 1539, 434 (ounce of Brehon Laws?),
733, 1008, 255, 2013, 489, 552, 660, 1081, 98, 432 (ounce of Brehon Laws),
339, 400 (early ounce = Norse öre?), 187, 390 (old ounce?), 797 (2 ounces,
2 x 398-1/2).
The following are not in Wilde's Catalogue: 472, 505, 542, 540, 630, 647, 667, 687, 720, 722, 737, 1092, 4331.
Torques: 476, 1013, 1527, 3126, 3168, 4722, 5941, 6007, 10268.
Not in Wilde: 154, 342, 1946, 2715, 4172, 5207, 5275, 6012, 6881.
Armlets: 144, 158, 182, 329, 401 (small pre-Roman ounce), 421 (ounce), 487, 510, 684, 757, 894, 989, 1037, 1369, 1630 (4 ounces of 407 grs.?), 1716 (4 ounces of 426 grs.?), 2089 (5 oz. of 418 grs.?), 5635 (14 oz. of 402 grs.?), 6265 (15 oz. of 417 grs.).
Not in Wilde: 130, 145 (1/3 of oz. of 432 grs.?), 178, 184, 187, 199, 208, 215 (half oz. of 432 grs.?), 241, 289, 301, 303 (3/4 oz. of 405 grs.?), 345, 396 (oz.?), 487, 509 (1-1/4 oz.?), 547 (1-1/3 of oz.), 606 (1-1/2 oz. of 405 grs.?), 630 (1-1/3 oz. of 420 grs.?), 740, 753 (1-3/4 oz.), 1093 (2-1/2 oz.?), 1190, 1210 (3 oz. of 405 grs.), 1267 (3 oz. of 422 grs.?), 1322, 1641 (4 oz. of 410 grs.), 1730 (4 oz. of 432 grs.?), 1836, 1836 (4-1/2 oz. of 410 grs.?), 1940 (5 oz. of 388 grs.? or 4-3/4 oz. of 410 grs.?), 1980 (5 oz. of 396 grs. or 4-3/4 oz. of 410 grs.?), 2201, 6144 (15 oz. of 410 grs.?), 13557 (33 oz. of 410 grs.?).
Fibulae: 56 (4 crosachs), 179, 180 (2/5 oz. of 400 grs.?), 415 (oz.), 600 (1-1/2 oz. of 400 grs.?), 1231 (3 oz. of 410 grs.), 1345 (3-1/2 oz. of 432 grs.), 1596 (4 oz. of 399 grs.?), 2301 (5-1/4 oz. of 400 grs.), 2536 (6 oz. of 422 grs.), 17200 (43 oz. of 400 grs.?), 8092 (20 oz. of 404 grs.), 19440 (48 oz. of 405 grs.).
Not in Wilde: 61, 106 (1/4 oz.), 170, 170(2/5 oz. of 425 gr.), 191, 196 (1/2 oz.?), 207, 209 (1/2 oz.), 248, 275 (2/3 oz. of 411 grs.), 315 (3/4 oz.?), 379 (oz.), 542 (1-1/3 oz.?), 557 (1-1/3 oz.?), 586 (1-1/2 oz.?), 649 (1-1/2 oz. of 432 grs.?), 1187 (3 oz. of 396 grs.?).
Gorgets: 1160 (3 oz. of 387 grs.?), 2020 (5 oz. of 404 grs.?), 3091 (8 oz. of 386 grs.?), 3444 (8 oz. of 430 grs.?).
- ↑ These are taken from Sir W. Wilde's Catalogue, but for the weights of articles acquired since 1862 I am indebted to the kindness of the Curator, Major Macenery.
