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1873-] GREEK AND ROMAN COINS. 253
Of moulds of mica-schist I have only found two, one
of which was used on all the six sides for casting weapons
and instruments, the other for casting headless nails, and
has two round holes, not perforated, for what purpose I do
not know.*
While speaking of implements, I must mention a very
remarkable hammer of bone, found at a depth of 3 meters
(10 feet), which is covered with little engraved stars.
We again met with several marble idols, with the
engraved owl's face of the Ilian Athena and her girdle
with dots; also a very pretty marble idol without the owl's
head, but with two small arms extended horizontally. The
only terra-cottas with owls' heads that have been met with,
since my last report, are two cups (vase-covers).
I find very many copper coins of Ilium and Alexandria
Troas, and Roman ones from the time of Augustus to
Constantine the Great, especially the latter, directly below
the surface, and at most down to a meter (3^ feet) deep.
Iron I do not find at all, not even in the temple, but a number
of copper nails, which, however, I begin to think could not
have been used for driving into wood; for this purpose
they seem to be far too long and thin. The usual length
of the nails occurring below 6£ feet is from about 4 to
above 6 inches, with a thickness of ^ of an inch, and I
do not think that it would be possible to drive such a nail
even into very soft wood. Besides this, most of the nails
have no head at all, others two heads, and many have two
pointed ends, one of which is bent round so as to form a
head. Thick copper nails suitable for driving into wood
' are very rarely met with; I have only found two in two
years. I am therefore induced to believe that all the nails
which I find in the strata of the nations preceding the
Greeks have been used only as dress or hair pins. This
* An engraving of a similar mould, found on the Tower, is given in
Chapter XVIIL, No. 175, p. 261.
Of moulds of mica-schist I have only found two, one
of which was used on all the six sides for casting weapons
and instruments, the other for casting headless nails, and
has two round holes, not perforated, for what purpose I do
not know.*
While speaking of implements, I must mention a very
remarkable hammer of bone, found at a depth of 3 meters
(10 feet), which is covered with little engraved stars.
We again met with several marble idols, with the
engraved owl's face of the Ilian Athena and her girdle
with dots; also a very pretty marble idol without the owl's
head, but with two small arms extended horizontally. The
only terra-cottas with owls' heads that have been met with,
since my last report, are two cups (vase-covers).
I find very many copper coins of Ilium and Alexandria
Troas, and Roman ones from the time of Augustus to
Constantine the Great, especially the latter, directly below
the surface, and at most down to a meter (3^ feet) deep.
Iron I do not find at all, not even in the temple, but a number
of copper nails, which, however, I begin to think could not
have been used for driving into wood; for this purpose
they seem to be far too long and thin. The usual length
of the nails occurring below 6£ feet is from about 4 to
above 6 inches, with a thickness of ^ of an inch, and I
do not think that it would be possible to drive such a nail
even into very soft wood. Besides this, most of the nails
have no head at all, others two heads, and many have two
pointed ends, one of which is bent round so as to form a
head. Thick copper nails suitable for driving into wood
' are very rarely met with; I have only found two in two
years. I am therefore induced to believe that all the nails
which I find in the strata of the nations preceding the
Greeks have been used only as dress or hair pins. This
* An engraving of a similar mould, found on the Tower, is given in
Chapter XVIIL, No. 175, p. 261.