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MUSEUM NOTES No. IV. 



VIII.— ADDITIONAL OBJECTS FROM THE ROMANO- 

 BRITISH SETTLEMENT AT CHIGWELL, ESSEX. 



Very many of our readers are acquainted with the interest- 

 ing series of objects so admirably arranged and exhibited by 

 Mr. I. Chalkley Gould in the Epping Forest Museum, and with 

 the little " Handbook " which he prepared in explanation there- 

 of.' At the Meeting of the Club on January 25th, 1902, Mr. 

 Gould showed some specimens which had recently been dis- 

 covered at the site, and made some remarks on the same, 

 which are embodied in the following notes. Most of the objects 

 have been added to the series in the Museum : — 



" I exhibit a few coins and some fragments of ' Samian ' and 

 other pottery from the Chigwell Settlement. Though mostly in 

 poor condition the coins are of value to us, being approximately 

 indicative of the period of occupation of the site ; at the same 

 time it must not be forgotten that Roman coins circulated for 

 ages after the death of the rulers whose superscription they 

 bore. 



" Most of the coins hitherto found at Chigwell have suffered 

 so much decay as to render identification impossible, but those 

 shown exhibit sufficiently distinguishing impressions, while a 

 few are in very good condition. 



" They consist of the following specimens : — • 



NERVA (Silver). Bust facing to right. < 



(^.D. 96-98) Inscription, imp. nerva caes aug pm tr p cos ii 

 cos iii pp 

 Reverse. Two hands joined. Concordia exercituum 



HADRIAN (Brass). Bust facing to right 

 (.■l.D. 1 17-138) Inscription. Gone. 



Reverse. Two figures and an altar. Almost un- 

 decipherable. 



1 Notes on the Romano-British Settlement at Chigtuell, Essex, &c. Essex Field Club 

 Museum Handbooks, No z, 1895. Price sjd. post free. 



2 In his book Le Tombeau de Childeric I. L'abbe Cochet relates that Roman coins circu- 

 lated in some country districts of France (even down to 1853) where such pieces were known 

 as sous a La Vierge. They appear frequently to have found their way into the church 

 offertories, enaliling clerg) and sacristans to make respectable collections of such coins ! 



3 This coin is kindly lent by Mr. W. Daniels of Chigwell, the others belong to the writer, 

 -I. C. G. 



