ROOM VII.] BRITISH ANTIQUITIES. 159 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief, in front, of 
Ceres holding a cornucopias and pouring incense from 
a patera upon an altar. 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief in front, of 
Mars or a Roman general, holding a spear and shield. 
A small Roman altar, similarly decorated with the 
preceding. These three were found at Kingstanley, in 
Gloucestershire, and presented by the Rev. Peter Havoker. 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Domitian 
inscribed upon it. It weighs 154 pounds. It was dis¬ 
covered, in the year 1731, under ground, on Hays haw 
Moor, in the manor of Dacre, in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire. Bequeathed by Sir John Ingilby , Bart., and 
presented by his Executors in 1772. 
A pig of lead, inscribed with the name of L. Aruconius 
Verecundus. It weighs 81 pounds. It was found near 
Matlock Bank, in Derbyshire. Presented , in 1797, by 
Adam Wolley, Esq., and Peter Nightingale , Esq. 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Hadrian 
inscribed upon it. It weighs 191 pounds. It was found 
in the year 1796, or 1797, in a farm called Snailbeach, 
in the parish of Westbury, 10 miles sw. of Salop. Pre¬ 
sented , in 1798, by John Lloyd , Esq . 
A pig of lead, also inscribed with the name of the 
Emperor Hadrian. Its weight is 125 pounds. It was 
found in Cromford Moor, in Derbyshire. Presented , in 
1797, by Adam Wolley , Esq., and Peter Nightingale, 
Esq. 
A Roman altar, erected by some freedmen and slaves, 
upon the restoration of their master to health. On one 
side are the rod and snake of iEsculapius, and sacrificial 
instruments. On the other, are the cornucopias and 
rudder, with a patera, simpulum, &c. Found near the Wa¬ 
tergate. Chester, 1779. Presented by Sir Ph. de Malpas 
Grey Egerton , Bart . 
A large stone vessel, in form of half an octagon, on 
each of four sides is sculptured a bust in high relief, viz. 
Venus holding a mirror, Jupiter, Mercury with a cadu- 
ceus, and Mars with a spear. It was first noticed by 
Horsley “ lying neglected in the mill at Chesterford, 
Essex.” It was afterwards procured by Dr. Foote 
Gower, from a blacksmith, who had used it as a cistern 
