BRIGANTIAN COINS. 5 
of Roman civilization. York appears to have been the Brigantian 
capita], and it is probable that the coins were minted there. 
Five gold coins' in the Museum were found, with Roman con¬ 
sular coins, in 1829, at Almondbury, near Huddersfield. Two (6-7) 
of them bear on the convex side, between three lines, the letters 
VOLIO, and on the concave side DVMNOCOVEROS, interpreted 
by Professor Rhys 1 2 as “Volusius, who styles himself Dumnocoveros, 
probably meaning the guardian of the state, or the man of the 
people.” In 1893 five similar coins, now in the British Museum, 
were found at Honley, also near Huddersfield. Four bear the 
letters VOLSI and on the concave side DVMNO\E, and one had 
on it CARTI, 3 apparently for Cartimandua, the notorious Queen 
of the Brigantes. The other three coins (8-9-10) of the “Almond¬ 
bury ” find have, on the convex side, a peculiarly formed wreath 
with a large beaded ring at each end, and on the other side an 
intertwined figure which may represent a horse, and the letters 
\EP. COR. F. which. Professor Rhys remarks, are possibly to be 
treated as Latin, meaning “ Vepogenos, son of Correos or the like.” 
These coins appear to belong to the end of the Brigantian era, 
just before the conquest of the Brigantes by the Romans in the 
year 71. 
There are in the Museum, in addition to the find from Almond¬ 
bury, four other gold coins (11-12-13-14), one from Halifax and 
three purchased. The latter belong to midland or southern tribes. 
There are also four small silver coins (15-16-17-18), depicting 
animals ; one in addition shows a human head. 
No Brigantian coins are recorded as being found at Yoik, but 
other finds are : in 1827, four at Lightcliffe, two near Pickering, 
one at Atwick, and one, in 1904, at Hornsea. In 1906 a hoard 4 of 
uninscribed coins, numbering 75 gold and 63 silver, was found in 
boulder clay which was exposed by the sea at South Ferriby, in 
Lincolnshire. Mr. Roth considers the coins were in mint condition 
when placed in a receptacle and buried during the struggle between 
the Brigantes and the Romans. 
1 There were 8, three—probably duplicates—have been parted with in exchange. 
2 “ Celtic Britain,” p. 40. 3 N.C. 1867. 
4 B. Roth, N.C. 1908-9. 
