878 Notes on British and other Coins. By Miss Eussell. 



of the Dumnonii, that Mr Beale Poste is probably right in supposing him to 

 be the Gwyther of the Welsh genealogies. The same writer, who saw mach 

 of the historical bearings of these coins, makes Adminius, the name of, 

 apparently, the eldest son of Cunobelinus, Aed Menw ; Aed, Aidan, being a 

 common Celtic name, and Mino and Menw occurring in the Welsh pedi- 

 grees. And I make Aed Menw, Aed of the Men, the Gael. The prince 

 called Maudubratius, in a previous generation, is also called Androgens ; he 

 was son of Imanentius, king of the Trinobantes, who had been dispossessed 

 by Cassivellaunus ; who probably only took that name or title then, for 

 whether or not he was the ancestor of Cunobelinus, it is probable the two 

 races already formed one nation, and that Maudubratius is a title containing 

 both Man and Breacan. The Celtic Vraichanc has been supposed to be an 

 epithet of Mars, because of an inscription found in Derbyshire to " Deo Marte 

 Braciacse ' ' but I do not suppose this means the plaided Mars (as it literally 

 should) but the Mars of some Brychan or Cathbreacan tribe. Mr Skene 

 protests against the worship of any such deity as Apollo Belinus in Britain ; 

 but he seems to have been worshipped in France, and the Britons whom 

 Caesar first encountered had not long emigrated into Kent from the contin- 

 ent ; and I do not see what one can make of — belinus and — vellaunus but 

 lord or king. Cunobelinus should be head-lord. 



No 10. is nearly identical with the coins which have the name of Dubnovel- 

 launus, atid they are attributed by Mr Beale Poste to Togodummus. The 

 M turns naturally into B as well as V in the Celtic languages, and it is likely 

 enough that the identification is correct ; though a mere title may have many 

 wearers. These coins have on the convex side a device much resembling the 

 Spectacle-ornament of the Scotch Sculptured Stones, and, so far, bearing out 

 Mr Campbell's suggestion, that it is meant for the Sun and Moon joined by 

 two Crescents. The crescents here are very distinct, while the orbs have 

 been reduced to two small circles with dots in the centre. It is interesting, 

 as connecting the coin with the device used by Cunobelinus, that an ear of 

 corn streams from the crescent on each side. The symbols of the Sculptured 

 Stones are supposed to be nearly peculiar to the Scottish Pictavia, that is, the 

 district from Orkney to Fife ; but I see indications of them elsewhere. The 

 concave side has the horse, with a branch or plant like a fern-leaf, and a circle 

 and dot like those on the other side. I observe that circles like these on the 

 coins &c., occur ornamenting the ground of some Etruscan paintings; and 

 there are some circumstances connected with them, which suggest that if they 

 are meant for the sun, it is the sun regarded as an Eye ; which would 

 explain this form. 



No 11 . has a sort of double variation of the same device, though seen by 

 itself it looks like a concatenation of comets ; but with the horse is the name 

 TASCIOVANVS — more distinct in other specimens. I do not know how 

 the old antiquary Dr Pk-t found out that Tascio meant Leader, but it was to 

 his credit, for it is not Welsh — certainly not modern Welsh — but Gaelic; 

 Toiseach, pronounced Toshach, being in full use for "leader" or "beginning." 

 Yanus is clearly a Celtic word for head, but is actually nearer to tbe English 

 " Van" than to any now in use. This coin has been supposed to be one of 

 the father of Cunobelinus, coining at VeruLim, the capital of tbe Catti ; but 

 the name is such a manifest title, I would only say, that from the device it 



