128 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1908 
of the hundreds of Romans passing from Glevum to 
Corinium, or from Corinium to Glevum. He may have 
fallen out by the way, and been hastily buried at the 
roadside. 
The coin is in a fine state of preservation, the effigy 
of the Emperor Domitian being in bold relief. 
From the description of the coinage of Domitian’s 
reign by H. Noel Humphreys (“The Coin Collectors’ 
Manual”), we gather some very interesting information. 
The first of two examples cited is that of a large bronze 
of Domitian, recording the triumph decreed to him by the 
servile senate, when, emulating his brother’s military fame, 
he entered Germany with a large army, and after en- 
countering no enemy, purchased slaves to form a spurious 
triumphal procession. The obverse of this coin bears the 
laurelled head of Domitian with an amulet on his breast. 
The inscription is IMP(erator) CA£S(ar) DOMIT (anus) 
AVG(ustus) GER M(anicus) CO(n)S(ul) XII. CENS(or) 
PER(petuus) P(ater) P(atrie): “the Emperor Cesar 
Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Consul for the twelfth 
time, Perpetual Censor, and Father of the Country.” The 
type of the reverse is a trophy composed of “ German 
spoils,” on one side of which stands a man with his hands 
bound behind him, and on the other side is a sitting 
female figure weeping. Broken armour is strewed about, 
the inscription being Germania Capta: “ Germany con- 
quered.” 
There is little doubt that the Barnwood specimen is 
one of the issue thus described. 
