yo BRITISH AND ROMANO-BRITISH COINS. 



the vows had become the mere shadow of a form, and the coins 

 were issued irregularly. This one purports to mark the second 

 decennial period. 

 Second-brass. 



24. O. IMP. CONSTANTINVS. P.F. AVG. Laureate bust 



to right, with cuirass. 



R. GENIO. POP. ROM. In ex : PLN. Genius holding 

 cornucopia and patera. [Plate No. 9.] 



25. O. As last. Similar bust. 



R. MARTI. PATRI. PROPVG. In ex: PLN. Mars 



charging with shield and spear. London Mint. 

 Third-brass. 



26. O. CONSTANTINVS. AG. Laureate head to right. 



R. SARMATIA DEVICTA. In ex: PLON. Victory 

 with standard and palm branch ; a captive seated 

 on ground. [Plate No. 10.] 



This coin can be approximately dated, as the Sarmatians were 

 conquered in A.D. 322. 



27. O. IMP. CONSTANTINVS. P. AVG. Laureate bust to 



right, with cuirass. 



R. SOLI. INVICTO. COMITI. In ex : PLN. In field 

 T.F. The Sun carrying a globe and raising right 

 hand. (A.D. 314.) 



The D.C.M. has two similar pieces, one in which a star is 

 substituted for T.F. in the field; the other reads MLN in the 

 exergue (Moneta Londiniensis). 



28. O. IMP. CONSTANTINVS. MAX. AVG. Helmeted 



bust to right, with cuirass. 



R. VICTORIAE. LAETAE. PRINC. PERP. Two 



Victories placing shield upon an altar ; on the 



shield VOTIS. P.R. (A.D. 317-20.) (D.C.M.) 



The foregoing nine coins of Constantine the Great are fairly 



representative of the large number that are still being unearthed 



in Dorchester and its environs. The smallest of the brass pieces 



are probably the " King Dorn's pence," of which Camden speaks 



in his History, 1610 edition. The second and third-brass of 



