English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman CoinsJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Coins, British; Numismatics -- Great Britain; Tokens -- Great Britain
The coins of Verulamium, the ancient city of Verulam, near St. Albans,
the capital of the Catyeuchlani, and a place of mintage during
some period of time, are tolerably numerous in their types and of
considerable interest. Its name as a place of mintage first appears
upon the coins of Silvanus; on the gold in extremely small characters,
but more conspicuously upon the silver and copper pieces. On some of
the latter we have the name of the town alone, without that of the
prince, but the types are so connected with those which bear the name
of Tasciovanus that it is evident the apparently autonomous coins
must have been issued during his reign. Among the abbreviated forms
of the name of the city upon coins there struck are V, VER, VIIR,
and VERLAMIO, and these occur in connection with, or separate from,
other inscriptions. The _obverse_ of one, bearing the letters VERLAMIO
between the points of the limbs of a double cruciform ornament, is
engraved on (p. 6, Fig. J).
TASCIO RICON.
Coins bearing the letters--
TASCIO TASCI TASCIOV TASCI
RICON RICONI RICON RICON
and the like, in two lines divided from each other in a tablet across
the field of the coin, appear to have been struck by Tasciovanus at
some town of mintage indicated by RICON, but which has not yet been
satisfactorily ascertained.
SEGO.
Coins bearing the letters SEGO on a tablet, with or without the TASCIO
of Tasciovanus, would seem to have been struck by him at some place, or
recording some tribe, not yet accurately appropriated.
EPATICCVS.
One of the sons of Tasciovanus and brother of Cunobeline. _Obverse_,
on some, an ear of bearded coin and the letters TASCI F; or a head
of Hercules, and EPATI or EPAT. _Reverse_, on some a nude mounted
horseman, with lance and shield, and EPATICCV; or an eagle standing on
a serpent, etc.
CVNOBELINVS.
The “Cymbeline” of Shakespeare, a son of Tasciovanus and brother
of Epaticcus, and during whose reign the birth of our Saviour took
place, struck a considerable variety of coins in all the metals. He
had Camulodunum (Colchester) for his capital and place of mintage.
Of his sons Togodumnos and Caractacus no coins are known. The coins
of Cunobeline are so numerous and varied that it is not necessary to
summarize their types. The following are examples of the inscriptions:--
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