Near the old man lay a little heap of Roman coins, in such a manner as to show that they must have been contained in a confined receptacle, and a number of small iron nails scattered among them, with traces of decomposed wood, prove that this was a little box, or coffer. The remains of the wood are still attached to two or three of the coins. We are justified from all these circumstances in concluding that, in the midst of the massacre of Roman Uriconium, these three persons—perhaps an old man and two terrified women—had sought to conceal themselves by creeping into the hypocaust; and perhaps they were suffocated there, or, when the house was delivered to the flames, the falling rubbish may have blocked up the outlet so as to make it impossible for them to escape. It is not likely that they would have been followed into such a place as this hypocaust. These coins were 132 in number, and the following description of them has been given by Mr. C. Roach Smith:— TETRICUS. One much worn, of the _Fides 1 Militum_ type CLAUDIUS. One, _rev._ CONSECRATIO; an eagle 1 Constantine the Elder. _Obv._ CONSTANTINVS. MAX . AVG. 13 Head diademed, or wreathed, to the right. _Rev._ GLORIA EXERCITVS. Two soldiers with spears and shields, standing; between them two standards; or (in three instances) a single standard. _Mint Marks_ (exergual letters): P . CONST., 3; TR . P., 6; S . L . C. 1; illegible, 3; total CONSTANS. _Obv._ Much worn or decayed. 1 _Rev._ FEL . TEMP . REPARATIO. The emperor holding a globe and a standard, standing in a galley rowed by a Victory. This coin is altogether much worn. It possibly may have been plated CONSTANTINE II. _Obv._ CONSTANTINVS . IVN . NOB . 36 C. Laureated head, to the right; bust in armour. _Rev._ GLORIA EXERCITVS. Two soldiers standing; between them two standards, and on the same a wreath, or other object, in the field.