VESSELS OF BRONZE. 



silver. 1 From the finds we see that this period in the North 

 becomes exceedingly rich in gold jewels, and it seems probable 

 that the people preferred gold coins to those of silver. 



The North is particularly rich in finds of bronze vessels, 

 which appear to be more specially of Greek, or some perhaps 

 of Roman manufacture ; the scarcity of them in Britain and 

 Gaul would imply that they are chiefly of Greek origin ; they 

 seem to have been highly prized by the people. 



Near the fishing village of Abekas, Southern Scania, 



Fig. 574. Bronze vessel, | real size, containing burnt bones, ring armour, coat or 

 mail, dipper of bronze with a sieve belonging to it, two glass tumblers, &c., 

 under a stone slab buried in the ground. 



in Jutland, a dipper has been found with the name of 

 the Roman manufacturer on it, and the words " P. CIPI 

 POLIBI." Another, with a name on it, was also found in 

 Helsingland, Sweden. 



1 Three hundred and forty-four silver 

 denarii, coined by the emperors between 

 Nero and Marcus Aurelius, among them 

 many of Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus 

 Pius, have been found at 'the mouth of 

 the Elbe. 



Under a large stone on a bank at 

 Sengerich, in Hanover, 1,100 silver 

 denarii were dug up, coined between the 

 years 96 and 211. 



In Mecklenburg the finds of imperial 



coins embrace the period from Augustus 

 to Valentinian. 



Finds of Roman coins from the first 

 two centuries after Christ have also been 

 made at the mouth of the Vistula and in 

 its lower course, near the Oder. 



An especially interesting discovery was 

 that of a Greek denarius coined in Lycia 

 by Trajan ; the only Greek coin dis- 

 covered in Hanover. 



