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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury — John Shaqi

The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near ShrewsburyWright, Thomas

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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury

Name: The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury
Author: Wright, Thomas

Wright, Thomas

Romans -- England -- Wroxeter; Wroxeter (England) -- Antiquities, Roman

_Exergual letters_: TR . P. or TR .
                         S., 15; P . L . C., 9; CONST., 3;
                         illegible, 9; total
CONSTANTIUS II.          _Obv._ T . L . IVL . CONSTANTIVS .          5
                         NOB . C.  Laureated head, to the
                         right; bust in armour.  _Rev._
                         GLORIA EXERCITVS.  Two soldiers,
                         &c., as on the coins of the
                         preceding.

                         _Exergual letters_: TR . S., 3; P.,
                         1; SMTS, 1; total
JULIAN.                  A plated denarius.  _Obv._ FL . CL          1
                         . IVLIANVS: P. F. AVG.  Diademed
                         head to the right.  _Rev._ VOTIS V
                         MULTT . XX, within a wreath
HELENA.                  _Obv._ T . L . IVL . HELENAE AVG.           2
                         Head to the right.  _Rev._ PAX
                         PVBLICA.  A female figure standing
                         and holding in the right hand a
                         branch, and in the left hand a
                         _hasta pura_.  In the field, a
                         cross; in the exergue, TR . P.
                         Another without the cross.  Total
THEODORA.                _Obv._  FL . THEODORAE AVG.  Head           1
                         to the right.  _Rev._ PIETAS
                         ROMANA.  A female standing suckling
                         an infant: in the exergue, TR . P.
URBS ROMA.               _Obv._  VRBS ROMA.  Galeated head          24
                         of Rome, to the left.  _Rev._
                         Romulus and Remus nursed by the
                         wolf; above, two stars: on two, two
                         stars and a wreath.

                         In the exergue: PL . C., 11; TR . P
                         . or TR . S., 10; illegible, 3;
                         total
CONSTANTINOPOLIS.        _Obv._ CONSTANTINOPOLIS.  Bust of          34
                         personified Constantinople, helmed,
                         and holding a sceptre, to the left.
                         _Rev._ A winged Victory, with
                         _hasta pura_ and shield; her feet
                         upon the prow of the galley, to the
                         left.

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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury

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