108 PAPER8, ETC. 



Seen in the Literary Institution. It is without a head, 

 and has in its right hand the stafF of a Standard. 



There arc in the Literary Institution two blocks of stone, 

 which appear to have been parts of a building, inscribed 

 with the letters, oCOßNE lANV. They are 

 cut in a large character. The I A N V is, perhaps, 

 Janua ; and the other word probably Cornelius, or Cor- 

 nelia. Three other fragments are engraved by Musgrave, 

 Tab. 2; see also Guidott, p. 82; and Warner's 111. Introd., 

 p. 23. 



There is a block oflead, cast in tlie usual form, which was 

 found about 1822, near Sydney Buildings, on the south- 

 west side of the Gardens ; the weight is 1 cwt. 83 Ibs. 

 An antique key was found at the same time. The words 

 inscribed upon the block of lead may be easUy read. The 

 character is beautifully formed, being, in this respect, very 

 difFerent from the lead inscriptions found in Derbyshire, of 

 the same emperor, Hadrian. There is nothing here, as in 

 the Derbyshire inscription, to guide us to the mine from 

 which the lead was procured ; but it may be presumed to 

 be from the Mendip Hüls. 



The Roman antiquities of Bath cannot be treated of 

 properly, unless mention be made of the coins, many of 

 which have been found here at difFerent periods, but none 

 of any particular value, or that can be thought (according 

 to Mr. Hunter) to cast any light upon British aiFairs. Eight 

 are engraved by Guidott ; about fifty are in the Institu- 

 tion. The earliest Roman money found in Bath, is of the 

 Emperor Nero. In 1824, Roman coins were found at a 

 house pulled down near the East Gate. In 1829, orthere- 

 about, coins were found in Bathwick ; these are now in the 

 possession of Mr. Goodridge. 



There wcrc also found many Roman coins in removing 



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