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1 FEI^ICITERp 
The Author of thiis Votive Monument fcems to have 
had the fame Superftitious Veneration for the Genius of 
York^ as thofe at Rome had for theirs, whofe Name they 
were prohibited to utter, or enquire after 5 hence it is upon 
their Coins the Name of this Deity is never expreffed, 
but in a more general manner by Genius P. R, or Pop. 
Rom. Such a one I have of Conjlantius, minted at London^ 
as appears by the Exurg L O N« under the Effigies of that 
Deity, with a Patera in the Right Hand, and Cornucopia 
in the Left, infcribed G E N I O POPULI ROMANL 
I rather inftance in that of this Emperor (the Father of 
Confiantific the Great) becaufe he made Tork his Imperial 
Seat, and was here Deifyed 3 the Medal of whofe Apo- 
theojis \ alfo have, minted at the fame place and infcribed 
M E M O R I A FELIX, which 1 mention (tho no- 
B«W/ thiag relating to the Genius) becaufe of the expreffion 
^v.^is! ^ ^ wottd. Antiquary, "That Rome in the height of its 
' ' ' greatnefs, had not a more glorious and gallant (how 
*^ to exhibit, than vv^hat this poor piece of Copper would 
exprefs. As the Genius of the City of Rome was ex* 
preffed by G. P. R. fo that of the Commonmalth^ in a 
moft fordid Flattery, by that of the Emperor, who they 
pretended to be their Happy Geniuf. I have one even 
of Ner^, and not only alter his ^inquenniumy but the 
year 
