The Coins found along with Romano-British interments are, of course, of various emperors and of various periods. They are only occasionally found, and, when discovered, cannot, it must be remembered, be taken as any criterion as to date of deposit, or, indeed, cannot be considered alone as evidence of the barrow or interment belonging to the Romano-British period. The Romans seem to have sowed their coins broadcast over the whole length and breadth of the land, to have thrown them about as they would useless chaff, to have buried them in urns in every conceivable place, and to have deposited them, either singly or otherwise, in the barrows of their predecessors. It is unnecessary to speak, then, of the varieties of coins which are from time to time turned up by the antiquary in his researches into the early grave-mounds. They form but a thousandth part of the coins which are found away from interments.
It may, however, be well, as showing the relative proportions of the coins of different emperors found in this country, to give the following analysis, by Mr. Roach Smith, of more than eleven hundred coins picked up at different times in one locality—Richborough in Kent.
| Augustus | 7 |
| Agrippa | 1 |
| Tiberius | 2 |
| Antonia, wife of Drusus, sen. | 1 |
| Caligula | 2 |
| Claudius | 15 |
| Nero | 11 |
| Vespasian | 13 |
| Titus | 1 |
| Domitian | 10 |
| Nerva | 1 |
| Trajan | 7 |
| Hadrian | 5 |
| Sabina | 5 |
| Ællius Cæsar | 1 |
| Antoninus Pius | 5 |
| Faustina | 3 |
| Marc Aurelius | 4 |
| Faustina | 5 |
| Lucius Verus | 2 |
| Lucilla | 1 |
| Commodus | 2 |
| Severus | 5 |
| Julia Domna | 3 |
| Caracalla | 3 |
| Julia Maesa | 1 |
| Severus Alexander | 7 |
| Gordianus | 6 |
| Philippus | 4 |
| Valerianus | 3 |
| Valerianus, junior | 1 |
| Galliense | 19 |
| Salonina | 4 |
| Postumus | 10 |
| Victorinus | 14 |
| Marius | 1 |
| Tetricus | 13 |
| Claudius Gothicus | 15 |
| Luntillus | 2 |
| Aurelianus | 4 |
| Tacitus | 5 |
| Florianus | 1 |
| Probus | 7 |
| Garinus | 1 |
| Numerainus | 2 |
| Diocletianus | 8 |
| Maximianus | 16 |
| Caräusius | 94 |
| Allectus | 45 |
| Constantius | 4 |
| Helena | 8 |
| Theodora | 13 |
| Galerius Maximianus | 1 |
| Maxentius | 2 |
| Romulus | 1 |
| Licinius | 12 |
| Licinius, junior | 1 |
| Constantine the Great | 149 |
| Fausta | 2 |
| Crispus | 18 |
| Delmatius | 1 |
| Constantine II. | 98 |
| Constans | 77 |
| Constantius II. | 42 |
| Urbs Roma | 52 |
| Constantinoplis | 60 |
| Magnentius | 21 |
| Decentius | 4 |
| Julianus II. | 7 |
| Helena | 1 |
| Jovianus | 1 |
| Valentinianus | 22 |
| Valens | 39 |
| Gratianus | 49 |
| Theodosius | 14 |
| Magnus Maximus | 6 |
| Victor | 3 |
| Eugenius | 1 |
| Arcadius | 27 |
| Honorius | 8 |
| Constantine III. | 1 |
| Total | 1144 |
Of these coins, fifty-six only were of silver, six of gold, fifteen of billon, or base silver, and the remainder were of brass, the greater portion being, naturally, what are denominated “third brass.”
CHAPTER X.
Romano-British Period—Arms—Swords—Spears, etc.—Knives—Fibulæ—Armillæ—Torques of Gold, etc.—Other Personal Ornaments—Horse-shoes.
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