ROMAN REMAINS IN BATH. 107 



antiquities already mentioned. The one is a figure 

 in a niche, with the clamys, representing, according to 

 Mr. Hunter, some military person. The figure of a 

 dolphin is carved in the Frame. From this rudely-chiselled 

 dolphin on the left hand corner, it would seem (says Mr. 

 Warner) that a naval officer was intended to be repre- 

 sented, since that fish was considered as sacred to Nep- 

 tune, and held to be an _emblem of extensive maritime 

 power. He supposes that this stone might have been 

 erected in houor of " Carausius," several of whose coins * 

 have been found in and around Bath, one in making the 

 New Cemetery at Widcombe. 



The dolphin, however, is also a symbol of activlty and 

 dispatch, and therefore may properly find place on stones 

 set up in honor of müitary, as well as naval, officers. The 

 cropped hair and short curling beard, observable in this 

 relief, bespeak (as Mr. Warner observes) a soldier of the 

 lower empire. (See Warner's Dl., p. 52.) 



Another figure, in a niche of the same kind, is also to be 



* One of the most extraordinary characteristics of the reign of Ca- 

 rausius (says Mr. Wright, p. 115), is the number and variety of his 

 coiiiage. Upwards of 300 different types are known, and there can be 

 little doubt that there are many others, yet unknown. These authentic 

 monuments throw some light upon his charaoter and history ; and we 

 ha'/e every reason to hope that, in the hands of a skilful antiquary, they 

 will some day be rendered still more valuable. Of the great variety of 

 reverses found on these coins, many, no doubt, refer to historical events. 

 One of them, with the legend, EXPECTATE VENI, is supposed to 

 have been Struck on his arrival in Britain, after having assumed the im- 

 perial purple at Gessoriacum. The figure beneath the inscription repre- 

 sents the Genius of Britain, with a trident in her hand, welcoming the 

 new Emperor. A number of coins, having such inscriptions as AD- 

 VENTVS CARAVSI, ADVENTVS AVGVSTI, etc., with others, 

 inscribed VICTORIA AVGVSTI, and VIRTVS AVGVSTI, seem to 

 have bft'u Struck on his return from sueccssful CApcditions agaiust lu^ 

 encmies. 



