Coins found at Easterton. 



179 



They belong to three Emperors : — 



I. Flavius Julius Constantinus, the son of Constantine the 

 Great, restorer of the empire of the West under his own immediate 

 sway, and who reigned from the time of the division of the empire 

 in 337, to 361 A.D. There are three types, all bearing the inscription 

 fel(ix) temp(orum) reparatio ; but having different devices on 

 the obverse of the coins, viz. : — 



(A.) Emperor leading a figure from a bower or hut. 



(B.) Emperor standing on the prow of a vessel which is steered 

 by a Victory (winged), the Emperor carries in the right hand a 

 globe with eagle on it ; in his left the labarum, or standard, with 

 Christian monogram, PX. 



(C.) Emperor standing and spearing a falling horse and rider. 

 WEques.) 



II. Flavius Julius Constans, second son of Constantine the 

 Great, reigned from the division of the empire 337, to 350 A.D., 

 over the provinces of Western Illyricum, Italy, and Africa, having 

 been appointed Governor by his father. He was murdered by the 

 cavalry of the usurper Magnentius at Illiberis (in the Pyrenees), 

 A.D. 350, His coins in this find, are, 



(A.) dn : constans p.f. aug. (head of Emperor). Rev., Emperor 

 leading a figure from a bower or hut. fel(ix) temp(orum) reparatio. 



(B.) dn : constans. p.f. aug. (head of Emperor.) Rev., Emperor on 

 the prow of a vessel which is steered by a Victory, fel(ix) temp 

 (orum) felicitas. 



(C.) Four smaller coins, probably of same date, reverse of three 

 Phoenix. 



III. Magnentius (Flavius Popilius) belonged to a German 

 family sent across the Rhine and established in Gaul about the 

 end of the third century ; taken captive by Constantius Clorus, or 

 Constantine the great, and entrusted with the command of the 

 Irvian and Herculean battalions ; a rebel against Constans 350 

 A.D,, he was owned as Emperor by Gaul and the West, except 

 Illyria ; after the battle of Mursa, and the loss of Italy, Sicily, 

 Africa, Spain, &c, he killed himself August, A.D. 353. His 

 coins in this find are of two kinds. 



vol. x. — NO. XXIX. M 



