Note 101 — ITER ROMANUM. V. (continued 2)
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Near Bensford bridge and Lutterworth, a vast quantity of silver Roman coins found anno 1725, now in possession of Mr. Walter Reynolds, steward to lord Denbygh of Lutterworth. I saw many of Trajan, Hadrian, Nerva, Vespasian, two large brass Trajans. Feb. 9. 1726, I saw the following in silver.
Vespasianus Aug. reverse, Judæa. A prisoner under a trophy
———————— pon. max. tr. p. cos. v. A caduceus.
Vesp. Aug. imp. Cæsar pontif. maxim. A caduceus.
Imp. Cæs. Vesp. Aug. Cen. pontif. max sedens cum hasta in dex. flore in læva
Vespasianus Cæsar a sow and three pigs. imp. iii.
Imp. Cæs. Ner. Trajan optm. Aug. Ger. &c. rev. p. m. tr. p. cos. S. p. q. r. A genius of plenty
Imp. Cæs. Nerva Trajan Aug. Germ. pont. max. tr. pot. cos. ii. Genius sedens
Imp. Cæs. Nerva Trajan Aug. Germ. p. m. tr. p. cos. iiii. p. f. A genius of plenty
Imp. Cæs. Trajan p. m. tr. p. cos. ii. justitia. Genius sedens
Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. S. p. q. r. opt. principi. Genius of plenty.
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. v. p. p. s. p. q. r. opt. princ. Genius cum pavone
Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. ii. p. p. S. p. q. r. optimo principi. Mars gradivus
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. v. p. p. S. p. q. r. optimo principi. Genius sacrificans
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. vi. p. p. S. p. q. r. optimo principi. Columna Trajana
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Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. v. p. p. S. p. q. r. optimo principi. Genius cum bilance
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. vi. p. p. S. p. q. r. optimo principi. Genius cum puero
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. vi. p. p. s. p. q. r. opt pr. Vesta sed. cum victoriola
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. p. m. tr. p. cos. v. p. p. s. p. q. r. opt. pr. Genius stans cum prora
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. Genius cum caduceo
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. A female in the posture of imploring
Hadrianus Aug. cos. m. p. p. salus Aug. Hygeia
Hadrianus Augustus cos. iii. Genius armatus sedens
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. a genius with two bustos in her hands
Hadrianus Aug. cos. iii. p. p. Africa Genia Nili procumbens
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. Genius sedens sacrificans
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. Fortuna sedens cum prora
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. Genius nudus sacrificans
Hadrianus Augustus cos. iii. Hercules sedens cum victoriola
————————— ————Victoria sedens
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. Fortuna stans
Hadrianus Aug. cos. iii. p. p. moneta Aug. Genius cum bilance
Imp. Cæsar Trajan Hadrianus Aug. p. m. tr. p. cos. iii. salus. Hygeia sedens
———————————————————— —————Genius nudus sacrificans
Antoninus Augustus p. p. reverse, cos. pulvinar cum fulmine
ælius Cæsar tr. pot. cos. ii. Concord. victoria sedens
Faustina Vesta pulvinar
Sabina Augusta Concordia Aug. genia stans cum patera
These being all of the higher empire, and many excellently well cut, indicate that they were hid early, and perhaps about this time, that the Watling-street was made: they were found in a hole in the fields between Loughborow and the Watling-street, with about a dozen more than here described.
Wickliff lived at Lutterworth, his picture in the parsonage. Mr. Button of Kimcote, near here, a curious man. Wickliff’s pulpit still left. A petrifying spring at Lutterworth.