.

P.S. Another vision of Headless Horse is prevalent at Caistor Castle,
the seat of the Fastolfs.

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_Shuck the Dog-fiend_.--This phantom I have heard many persons in East
Norfolk, and even Cambridgeshire, describe as having seen as a black
shaggy dog, with fiery eyes, and of immense size, and who visits
churchyards at midnight. One witness nearly fainted away at seeing it,
and on bringing his neighbours to see the place where he saw it, he
found a large spot as if gunpowder had been exploded there. A lane
in the parish of Overstrand is called, after him, Shuck's Lane. The
name appears to be a corruption of "shag," as _shucky_ is the Norfolk
dialect for "shaggy." Is not this a vestige of the German "Dog-fiend?"

E.S.T.

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QUERIES.

NUMISMATIC QUERIES.

Can any numismatical contributor give me any information as to the
recurrence elsewhere, &c., of the following types of coins in my
possession:--

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 h