of fine white lias, and polished so as to form a slightly conical 

 surface, with a rim or margin round it. The appearance is 

 that of the under stone of a fine quern, or hand grinding 

 mill ; but the material is finer, and the stone more polished 

 than any I have yet seen. The portions of this stone that 

 were found have been put together, and are now in the 

 Museum of the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. 

 There are marks of this stone having been mended by means 

 of a rivet in former times, which indicates that it was an 

 implement of some importance and value. A variety of coins 

 were found, but all small bronze, and of* little value, except 

 one silver one, not rare or of any particular interest. 



By the kindness of John Bettington, Esq., who has 

 paid some attention to the subject of Roman coinage, 

 I am enabled to give the following list of coins found in 

 excavating the Villa : — 



The earliest coin found was one of Claudius Gothicus, 

 which could not be later than A.D. 270, the date of that 

 Emperor. The latest coin is of the date of Valentinian, which 

 could not be struck later than A.D. 455. The numismatic 

 record, therefore, extends over a period of 185 years, but as 

 coins have been found in this locality more than a century 

 ago, as we learn from Rudder's " History of Gloucestershire," 

 we are not to take the results of the late excavations as a 

 perfect chronicle. The late diggings have yielded — 



