THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD 



No. 13. Obv. TAS . . . Beardless head to the right. 



Rev. Horse galloping to the right ; within a double circle, the outer one beaded. 



IE. 



Found at Springhead, near Southfleet, Kent. The final part of the legend is 

 uncertain. A.B.C., pi. vi. No. 9 and p. 536. 



No 14. Obv. TAS. in front of a beardless male head to the right ; behind, a kind of branch ; 



the whole surrounded by a beaded circle. 



Rev. (VER.) Horseman charging to the right, brandishing a spear (?) ; in front of the 

 horse a star of seven pellets. There is a double exergual line, the upper one plain, 

 the lower beaded. ./ 41 grains. 



This coin was found at Burwell, near Cambridge. Others have been found 

 at Braughing, Herts, showing the VER ; and at Dorchester, Oxon. 



A.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 4. 

 No. 15. Obv. TAS. (?) Bare, beardless head to right ; behind, a fillet (?) and a pellet ; the 



whole within a beaded circle. 

 Rev. V beneath a horseman to the right, wielding a long staff or spear. 



/E 31 grains. 

 Found at Wenden near Saffron Walden, Essex. 



A.B.C., pi. viii. No. 3 and p. 539. 

 No. 1 6. Obv. Rude head in profile to right, with flowing beard. 



Rev. VIR. or VER. Hippocampus to left, on a double exergual line. 



M 31, 32 grains. 



Found near Biggleswade. Others found on the site of Verulam and at 

 Braughing, Herts, as well as at Arlesey, Beds. 



A.B.C., pi. vii. No. 9 and p. 538. 



No. 17. Obv. V (?) behind a bare, bearded head to the right. 



Rev. TAS. beneath a hippocampus to the left ; above, a ring-ornament and trefoil. 



& 37i> 3 8 grains- 

 Place of finding unknown. A. B.C., pi. vii. No. II. 



No. 1 8. Obv. VERL. in front of a bearded head to the right. 



Rev. VIIR. below a hippocampus to the left ; in front, a star of pellets ; above, a 

 decorated ring-ornament between two trefoils. JE 40! grains. 



Place of finding unknown. A coin of the same type found on the shore at 

 Ostend, 1 Belgium. A.B.C., pi. xxi. No 7. 



No. 19. Obv. Bearded head to right as on No 16. 



Rev. VER. beneath hippocampus to the left ; in front, a star of pellets ; above, a 

 ring-ornament between two trefoils. JE 37! and 44! grains. 



Two coins of this type were found at Braughing, Herts ; and another reading 

 VIR. near Arlesey, Beds. There may have been a legend on the obverse. 



A.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 6. 



No. 20. Obv. VER ? Bare head to the right ; the whole within a triple circle ; that in the 

 centre beaded. 



Rev. A boar running to the right ; above, an annulet ; at its feet, in front, a cluster 

 of pellets. JE 19 grains. 



Found at Chesterford, Essex ; another near Biggleswade, Beds. 



A. B.C., pi. viii. No. 4, xiii. No. 9. 



No. 2 1 . Obv. RVFI (?) in front of a bearded head to the right ; the whole within a beaded 



circle. 



Rev. VIR. or VER. beneath a horseman cantering to the right ; in front of his head 

 a pellet ; the whole within a beaded circle. IE 21$ grains. 



Found at Braughing, Herts ; others found at Creslow near Aylesbury, Bucks ; 

 Dorchester, Oxon ; Upper Stondon, Beds ; and Harlow, Essex. 



A.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 12, vii. Nos. 12, 13. 



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