BRITISH AND ROMANO-BRITISH COINS. 



Denarius, A.D. 210-13. 

 7. O. ANTONINVS. PIVS. AVG. BRIT. Laureate head to 



right, 

 R. VICTORIA. BRIT. Victory walking to right and 



carrying a standard. 



This Emperor, on the death of his father Severus, brought the 

 war in Britain to a close and forthwith returned to Rome. The 

 above two coins were probably struck during his father's lifetime, 

 as Caracalla had received Augustan honours as early as A.D. 198. 

 It will be observed that the word " Caracalla " (merely a nick- 

 name) does not appear upon his currency, the legends of which 

 read "Antoninus Pius," &c. ; care is therefore necessary, if 

 the portraits are not clear, in distinguishing the coins of this 

 unworthy holder of an honoured title from those of his namesake 

 of seventy years earlier. 3 



There is now a long and troubled interval, giving us no British 

 types until 



MAXIMIAN HERCULES, A.D. 286 TO 310. 



Third-brass, A.D. 286. 

 8. O. IMP. MAXIMIANVS. AVG. Radiate bust to right 



with paludamentum and cuirass. 



R. SALVS. AVGG. In ex : C. Hygeia holding a serpent, 

 which feeds from a patera in her left hand. [Plate 

 No. 7.] 



The plural ending of the word AVGG ( - Augustorum) makes 

 allusion to the fact that Maximian shared the empire with 

 Diocletian, who ruled the East. We have here an instance of 

 Class B, showing in the exergue the first letter of Camulodunum, 

 now Colchester, a town of much importance during the Roman 

 occupation. 



At this point it should be borne in mind that the splendid 

 series of first-brass coins, which had been declining in interest 



3 It may be useful to add that the legends of Antonine, the adopted son of 

 Hadrian, read " AVG. PIVS" ; those of Caracalla "PIVS. AVG." 



