1 86 ROMANO-BRITISH OBJECTS FROM DEEPDALE. 



Emperor Pertinax, whose short reign was begun and ended in 

 163 A.D. All that can be made out of this inscription is LV pert 

 AVG, which probably was originally, imp caes p helv pert avg. 

 The reverse is difficult to make out. It seems to be a draped, 

 standing, female figure, and holding in the right hand a spear. 

 The letters svl ife, can be traced. 



No. 2. This is an interesting and fairly well preserved coin of 

 Antoninus Pius. It commemorates the pacification of Britain, 

 and the seated figure of the reverse is the origin of that of 

 Britannia on our copper coinage since the time of Charles II. 

 The head of the obverse is to the right, with the inscription 

 ANTONiNvs avg pivs p p tr p COS xvii. The figure of the 

 reverse is a soldier seated on a rock, with his right hand holding 

 a standard, and the left resting on a shield. Above is the word 



BRITANNIA, 



No. 3. A nicely-turned bronze pendant. Its former use is 

 uncertain, but the inner side of the upper part of the loop is worn, 

 indicating that it was suspended. Found November 20th, 1891, 

 at a depth of four feet. 



No. 4. A fibula of the simplest and most elegant form of the 

 cruciform harp-shaped variety, devoid of its pin. It is almost 

 exactly like one Mr. Bailey engraved on Plate XII. of Vol. XIII. 

 of this journal, except that this has the usual loop at the butt end, 

 by which it was secured from loss by means of a cord. On both 

 is a V-shaped raised decoration starting from the spring of the 

 bow. (November 3rd, 1891 ; five feet deep.) 



No. 5. A still simpler and decidedly better wrought example 

 of the above variety. It has lost its pin, and has no suspensory 

 loop. The bow is perfectly plain, and makes a most graceful 

 curve round the cross-bar. It still retains traces of gilding. 

 Found October 28th, 1891. 



No. 6. An unusual form of the common harp-shaped variety, 

 still retaining its pin. The width between the bow and the pin is 

 unusually great, giving the fibula a decidedly clumsy appearance. 

 There is a small boss on the summit of the bow, and another on 

 the plate which covers the hinge. This plate it will be noticed 



