Note 3 — PART I. AN EPITOME OF THE HISTORY OF ROMAN OCCUPATION IN BRITAIN.

This interesting coin is thus described by Akerman:—Obverse—HADRIANUS · AVGustus, COnsul III. [tertium] Pater Patriæ. Laureated bust of Hadrian, with the chlamys buckled over his right shoulder. Reverse—ADVENTVS AVGusti BRITANNIAE. In the exergue—Senatus Consulto. An altar, with the fire kindled, placed between the emperor in his toga, who holds a patera, and a female figure, a victim lying at her feet.