Note 96 — ITER ROMANUM. V. (continued 2)
Reading edition
April 17, 1730, I heard, in the neighbourhood, of Roman pavements dug up there, and coins. Burton, in his
Leicestershire
, speaks of antiquities found here.
Upon the Foss-way hereabouts was found a large and fine medallion of Corinthian brass inclosed with wax: among other coins, the head of the emperor M. ANTONINUS AUG. TRP. XXVII. reverse, the head of his son COMMODUS CÆS. GERM. ANTONINI AUG. GERM. FIL. it is of that kind of medals called contorniati. I think it was found in an urn, with a coin or two more.