AfV GARDEN. 



landowner, Mr. Beddington, may preserve them, that they may 

 show to our children and our children's children the Roman occu- 

 pancy of this part of the country, especially as there is reason to 

 suppose that another Roman house existed, from many fragments of 

 Roman bricks and vessels being found at a short distance from 

 the first building. 



In the debris of the Roman house was found an instrument (fig. 7) 

 the use of which no English antiquary could determine ; 

 and no such thing is in the collection at the British Museum. 

 I forwarded a drawing of it to M. d'Agiout at Naples. 

 He consulted M. le commandeur Fiorelli, director, M. le 

 commandeur Minervini, and M. le chevalier Nicolini, secre- 

 tary, of the unrivalled Museum of Roman Antiquities. These 

 gentlemen, by a careful comparison with the small bronzes, 

 discovered that it agreed with a part of a game found at 

 Herculaneum, somewhat like the "Jeu de Marelle," which 

 was much played by the ancient Romans when they 

 travelled, or when they were confined to the house. The 

 object found at Beddington was the large piece of the game, 

 FiG, 7, in the form designed for the use of travellers. It must be 

 regarded as a very interesting addition to the Roman objects found 

 in Great Britain. 



On the irrigation fields the following Roman coins were found by 

 the workmen: — 



1. Commodus (second brass) ; extremely corroded. 



2. Constantine period. Obv. Head, to the right, of Rome or Constantinople ; 

 Rev. Victory. 



3. Constantine period. (Constantius ?) Much 

 worn . 



4. Constantine period (fig. 8). Obv. Head of 

 Rome, Urbs Roma ; Rev. Romulus and Remus ; 

 Mint mark, T R (Treves). 



5. Allectus. Obv. Head of Allectus, to left, Fig. 8. 

 ALLECTUS; Rev. Galley, LAETITia AUG, struck at Colchester. 



6. A coin of Carausius ? He reigned in Britain a.d. 287. 

 7 and 8. Roman coins not identified at present. 



