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Inn Signs, &c.—Can any reader of "N. & Q." supply information respecting inn and other signs; or refer to any printed books, or accessible MSS., relating to the subject?
Alphege.
Smiths and Robinsons.—Could any of your correspondents inform me what are the arms of Miles Smith, Bishop of Gloucester, those of the Smiths of Willoughby, those of the Smiths of Crudely, in Lancashire, and those of the Robinsons of the North Riding of Yorkshire? Also, in what church, and in what year, did Lady Elizabeth Robinson, otherwise known as Betty of the Boith, serve the office of churchwarden?
John H. R. Smith, Jun.
Coin of Carausius.—A brass coin has lately come into my possession, bearing on the obverse the head and inscription:
"IMP. CARAVSIUS. P. P. AVG."
And on the reverse, a female figure, with spear and a branch:
"PAX. AUG. S. P. MLXXI."
I believe it to have been struck by Carausius, an usurper of the end of the third century, and my Query is as to the meaning of the letters MLXXI. Some friends assert them to be the Roman numerals, making the year 1071, and conclude it to have been struck at that date.