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 reading of these is doubtful. The coins are much the same as the
last, with the letters VO-CORIO over the horse on the _reverse_. One
variety has the additional letters A D in front of the horse’s head,
and another also a D by its legs; thus the continuous inscription would
be VOCORIOADD, but is at present uninterpretable.
ANTEDRIGVS.
_Obverse_, same as the last; _reverse_, disjointed horse, with
chariot-wheel and other objects, and the letters ANTEDRIGV, or ANTE[BO]
I. OV. Another type has, _obverse_, a barbarous attempt at a head; and
_reverse_, a horse as usual, with the letters ANTE[BO], or ANTED, or
ANTE[BO]RI, etc.
INMA, INAM, or INARA.
[Illustration]
_Obverse_, as before; _reverse_, disjointed horse, with chariot-wheel,
etc., and the letters INMA, INAM, or more probably INARA.
SVEI.
_Obverse_, barbarous attempt at a head; _reverse_, disjointed horse,
and letters SV above, and EI beneath the horse. Probably struck by some
British regulus whose name began with SVEI.
COMMIVS (?).
_Obverse_, rude attempt at a head; _reverse_, disjointed horse, with
chariot-wheel, etc., and the letters MMIOS, or OMMIOS.
TINC[OMMIVS].
A son of Commivs. _Obverse_, on some, portions of a rude bust; on
others, TINC on a sunk tablet; others, COM, or COM·F, on a similar sunk
tablet; others, TINCOM, or NCOM, etc., between zigzag and corded lines
across the field; others, TINC on a tablet, above which is C and below
F, etc. _Reverse_, on some, a rude, disjointed horse, with the letters,
TINC COMMI F; others, a horse as before, with TIN DV; others, of a
higher class of art, a horseman poising a javelin, and charging to the
left, with C F below and a star above; others, horseman with javelin as
before, and TIN; another, a winged head of Medusa, which unique coin is
in Mr. Evans’s cabinet; others, a horse and TIN; and other varieties.
VERICA, or VIRICA.
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[Illustration]
A son of Commivs. _Obverse_, an expanded five-lobed leaf, or a cluster
of five oak leaves, with VI on one side, and RI on the other; a sunk
tablet of various forms, with the letters COM·F; VERI·COM·F in two
lines; VERICA COMMI F encircling a circular shield, or other object;
COM F between crescents with horns facing inwards; a semi-draped seated
figure, with VERICA; a filleted bust with VIRRI; and others, examples
of which are here engraved. _Reverse_, on some a horseman galloping
or leaping, with CO·F, VIR REX, or VIR; a riderless horse with REX,
VI, VIR; a lion with VIR; a trophy of an attempted imitation of the
Roman caduceus between two cornucopiæ, rising from a two-handled vase,
and COMMI F; a capricorn, with EPPI COM F, etc.; this latter being
very remarkable as bearing the names of the two brothers Verica and
Eppillus. Another variety has a horseman on each side, with COM F on
the _obverse_, and VERICA on the _reverse_; and another, a diademed and
draped bust on one side with VIRI, and on the other, a seated figure of
Victory (?), as here engraved.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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