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List of Coins found at Latton. 



preserved by being secured in the same mass of concrete as the 

 coins, and this very method of preservation is in itself a matter 

 of interest. 



As regards the history of the past, as connected with the 

 locality in which the articles were found, it could hardly be 

 that specimens of this kind could be discovered without leading 

 one to look more particularly at the surrounding neighbourhood, 

 and such examination convinced me that the streams were at 

 least in part artificial, and perhaps none of them observe a quite 

 natural or unaltered course. These Roman remains then led me to 

 the inference, that part if not all of the space so bounded was the site 

 of a Roman camp, to make which drier than it could otherwise be, 

 I suspect that the Romans diverted the Churn into the Thames at 

 a lower part of the river than before, and that since that time these 

 streams have undergone great changes from the wearing away of 

 the banks here and there by mills, and perhaps to a greater 

 extent from the requirements for irrigation and drainage. 



Probably the land is the site of a camp, and the mill, (like the 

 mills on the ditch at Corinium) was built by taking advantage of 

 this circumstance to facilitate the establishment of the works. If 

 this be so, it will follow that a district hitherto looked upon as not 

 likely to afford riches of this sort from its general flatness, may 

 after all give good results from a more careful examination. 



Note. — I beg to thank Mr. Bravender for his attention to me in these matters, 

 and Mr. Warington for the aid afforded by his analyses. 



J. B. 



List of Coins found at Latton. 



1 Agrippa, magrippal . . . cos. Rev. standard bearer, sc. 



2 Ditto agrippal op cos. R. illegible, sc. 



3 Antonia, illegible. R. a female figure, illegible, sc. 



4 Ditto antonia AUG. R. ditto, illegible, sc. 



5 Antoninus Pius, 



6 Claudius, It. male figure, sc. 



7 Ditto ticlatjditjs caesar ... It. warrior with shield, sc. 



8 Ditto Divs caesar avg. R. the same. 



9 Crispina, crispina avg. illegible. R. a sitting female figure. 



10 Carausius, impccaravsivs pi avg. R. pax avg. with olive 

 branch, sc. 



