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
II.--SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT, or country of the Belgæ, Regni, and
Atrebatii, comprising the present counties of Hampshire, Sussex,
and West Surrey, and in which are classed the coins of--
COMMIVS the earliest inscribed coin, 55 B.C.
COMMI F[IL]
TINC[OMMIVS] son of Commius.
VERICA or VIRICA son of Commius. The first coin with
REX inscribed.
III.--KENTISH DISTRICT, or country of the Cantii, comprising the
present counties of Kent and East Surrey, and in which are classed
the coins of--
EPPILLVS son of Commivs.
DVBNOVELLAVNVS _temp._ Augusti.
VOSE[NOS] of uncertain date.
AMMINVS " "
CRAB " "
IV.--The CENTRAL DISTRICT, or country of the Catyeuchlani and
Trinobantes, comprising the present counties of Buckinghamshire,
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire,
and parts of Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and
Oxfordshire, and in which are included the coins of--
ANDOCO[MIVS] contemporary with Tasciovanus.
TASCIOVANVS 30 B.C., who died 5 A.D.
VERULAMIUM which was the chief seat of Tasciovanus’s government.
RUFI or RVLI }
DIAS }
RICON } contemporary, but unknown.
SEGO }
EPATICVS son of Tasciovanus.
CVNOBELINVS son of Tasciovanus, _circa_ 40 A.D.
And several others whose legends are undecipherable.
V.--The EASTERN DISTRICT, or country of the Iceni, comprising
the present counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, and in which are classed the
coins of--
ADDEDOMARVS, supposed to have been contemporary with Cunobelinus.
ECEN }
SAEMV-- }
ACSV } all unknown
ANTED }
CAV (?) or CAM }
DVRO }
VI.--The YORKSHIRE DISTRICT, or country of the Brigantes, comprising
Yorkshire and parts of the adjacent counties to the south, and in
which are included the coins of--
VOLISIOS.
DVMNOCOVEROS.
DVMN--TIGIP--SENO (?)
VEP--
CORF.
AVN T--
IISVPSV.
The parts of the country inhabited at one time or other by various
tribes may be tabulated as follows, and will be useful to students of
that early period of national history; the present names of counties,
as the most convenient, are given in the list. The tribes seem to have
been the--
ANCALITES, an early tribe who inhabited part of Berkshire.
ATREBATES, the main portion of Berkshire.
ATTACOTTI, a fierce Scottish tribe.
BELGÆ, the country from the southern coast to the Bristol Channel,
including Hants, Wilts, and Somerset.
BIBROCI, an early tribe, part of Berks, and Hants, Surrey, Sussex, and
the east of Kent.
BRIGANTES, the country from the Mersey and Humber to Scotland.
CIMBRI, the borders of Devonshire.
CANGI, North Wales, on the coast of the Irish Sea.
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