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probably followed by the year of his Consulship, either 

 a.D. 194 or 202, or by the epithet ADIABENICI. The 

 saine title, with some additions, was found by Maundrell 

 on tvvo granite pillars near Sidon,* and has been observed, 

 with various abridgments, or additions, in other cases. 



It is the opinion of the French antiquaries, that these 

 three pigs of lead were inaported into Gaul from Britain, 

 although the mines of Pont Gibaud in Auvergne appear to 

 have been worked by the Romans, lamps, tools, and Uten- 

 sils of Roman fashion having been found in them, in addi- 

 tion to which Pliny statesf that lead was obtained in Gaul, 

 though with difficulty, and in comparatively small quan- 

 tity. 



This appears to nie a proper occasion to mention the 

 ingot of Roman silver, preserved in the British Museum. 

 It was discovered in 1777, within the Tower of London, 

 at a great depth under the present surface of the ground, 

 with three gold coins of the Emperors Arcadiua and 

 Honorius. It is fully described in the 5th volume of the 

 Archceoloyia. It weighs 320 grammes. The inscription 

 in a cavity on its surface is : 



EX OFFE 



HONORINI 



This must, I think, have referred to the silversmith to 

 whom it belonged, just as Roman pottery is marked with 

 the potter's name pieceded by some abridged form of 

 ex officina. Portions of similar ingots, also preserved 

 in the British Museum, were lately found near Coleraine, 

 in Ireland, one bearing the impress cvrmissi, the other 



* Jonrney frnm Aleppo to Jerusalem, ed. London, 1810, p. 62. 

 f See above, p. 4. 



