364 Coventinas Fountain, by the Rev. J. C. Bruce, LL.D. 



Mr Miller concludes his notes thus:— "In order to throw 

 light, if possible, on the character and rate of deposition in the 

 tank, I picked two series of coins, one series from the bottom, 

 the other from a plane a foot and a half higher. The following 

 were recognised by me : — 



(1). Bottom series. 

 Trajan 

 Hadrian 



Sabina Mostly large brass of 



Antoninus Pius j the M ^ er em P ire> 



Faustina diva J 



(2). Series one foot and a half from the bottom. 

 Marcus Aurelius "^ 



Postumus Large and small mixed 



Victorinus }> — the former more 



Tetricus numerous." 



Maximianus J 



Thus far Mr Miller. Mr Canon Greenwell, and I, had an 

 opportunity of examining these parcels of coins ; and we 

 arrived at substantially the same result as Mr Miller. Both 

 samples of coins were in very bad condition and the most of 

 them were undecipherable. There were 63 coins taken from 

 the bottom. The only pieces which we could recognize were 2 of 

 Trajan, 3 of Hadrian, 6 of Antoninus Pius, 1 of Marcus Aurelius, 

 and 8 of the two Faustinas. 



There were 56 coins taken from the slightly higher position — 

 a foot and a half from the bottom — most of them being large 

 brass. Out of this number we could only recognize the follow- 

 ing : —Trajan 2, Antoninus Pius. 4, M. Aurelius 2, the Faustinas 

 5, Postumus 1, Victorinus 1, Tetricus and contemporaries 9, and 

 Maximian 2. 



We now revert to the objects found in the well. Of the altars 

 that were discovered, 1 1 were inscribed, and with two exceptions 

 the reading on each is tolerably plain. All the altars are of 

 small size ; the largest of them being 18 in. high and 9 in. broad. 

 Most of them are neatly carved and supplied with ornamental 

 mouldings. With one exception they are all dedicated to Coven- 

 tina, a goddess previously unknown in Eoman mythology. She 

 is generally addressed as a goddess (dea), but in one instance she 

 is styled a nymph, and in the slab already referred to she is 

 simply called Coventina Augusta. One of the altars is inscribed 

 to the goddess Minerva. 



