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COINAGE AND CUKKENCY IN ROMAN BRITAIN. 505
just as we find MD for Mediolanum, and the exergiial
usage may have become assimilated to this. A triens
of Valentinian II m and solidi of Eugenius 118 also
exist with L-D in the field.
Among the exergual inscriptions of siliquae of
Constantine III of the ordinary type 119 Cohen also
mentions SMAP and SMLP, but whether these are
to be connected with the London mint under one of
its alternative names must be left an open question.
They certainly suggest a concurrent usage like that
exemplified by the S. M. L. A. P of Valentinian's time.
In any case, however, the following siliqua in the
British Museum has considerable claims to be regarded
as having issued from the London mint under its earlier
title :
Obr. DN CONSTANTINVS P F AVC Diademed
bust in cuirass and paludamentum to r.
Rev. VICTORIA AA V COG Eoma seated to 1.
holding spear and Victory on globe ; in ex.
S M L O. PI. XX, Fig. 19.
What may be regarded
as the last trace of Eoman
coinage in Britain was pointed out by me some years
since to this Society. 120 This evidence is afforded by
a small bronze piece found at Richborough and of
somewhat barbarous fabric, but presenting on both
obverse and reverse a definite inscription in a style
which best accords with the early part of the fifth
century. This remarkable coin reads on the obverse
117
Cohen, viii, p. 145, No. 49.
STORVM (French Cabinet).
Rev. VICTORIA AVCV-
118
119
Op. cit,, p. 173, No. 6.
Op. cit., p. 199, No. 4. Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC.
120 Num. Chron., 1887, pp. 191 seqq.
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