224 ROMAN COINS IN DERBYSHIRE. 



Hence this was coined in y e same year as No. VI., which was 

 A.D. 145. 



These are all y' I have in my possession of those found in 

 New Grounds, afores d , this n th March 1778 (J.R.) 



Some years ago, an old woman caving for lead ore (wast fustula 

 plumbaginis colligens, quae a fossoribus neglecta fuere) between 

 Winster & Bakewell afores d found a parcel of Roman coins, all 

 small, and of copper, as report then said about a quart full ; 4 of 

 which being all I could get, I have now (this 11 th of March 1778) 

 by me. They were bought for me (at y e time, when found by 

 Ralph Howson of Bonsai, who then taught scool at Wensley.) 

 They are as under : 



I. A small coin, having a head with a helmet thereon, on one 

 side, & thus circumscribed, 



VRBS ROMA. 



Reverse. 



Two Infants (Romulus and Remus) sucking a Wolf, y e Wolf 



turning its head back, & smelling at or licking one of them. 



Over y e Wolf's head are two stars, & under its feet are these 



letters, 



TR. S. Id est, 

 Treviris signatus nummus, 

 Showing it was coined at Triers. 



N.B. — These sorts of coin are commonly called Romulus coins, 

 but falsely, for he coined none. Others again think them y e most 

 antient Coins of y e Roman Common Wealth, but these are as much 

 mistaken ; for they were struck by y e successors of Constantine y e 

 Great, in honor of y r antient Capital, after y e seat of y e Empire 

 had been translated from thence to Constantinople. 

 N.B. — They are very common. 



II. A coin, having y e head of Rome upon it, as I suppose 

 (being in every respect like y e former, & looking as it does to 

 y e right hand) and thus circumscribed in very plain letters, 



DNVALLICINLICINIVSNOBC. 



