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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE No 4. Otv. A triple wreath, the middle line beaded, divided by crescents, back to back, in the centre ; between them two annulets, from which beaded lines proceed to a beaded circle surrounding the whole. Four scroll-like figures run out from the points of the crescents. Pellets in the field. Rev. VER. Boar running to the right ; above, a crescent ; the whole within a beaded circle. JE 39^ grains. Found at Braughing, Herts ; another specimen found at Amiens, France. d.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 2 and viii. No. 5. No. 5. Obv. R (?) Two heads in profile, side by side, the upper one bearded ; the hair crisped in a double row of locks ; the whole within a beaded circle. Rev. TASC. Ram standing to the left, on a beaded exergual line ; in front and below rosettes of oval pellets. ^31^- grains. Probably found near Biggleswade ; another of the same type found at Braughing, Herts. A. B.C., pi. vii. No 6, xxi. No. 5. No. 6. Obv. VER. Male head to the left, with a double row of locks and a short beard. Rev. Goat to the right ; above, a rosette ; below, a ring-ornament ; behind, a cross of pellets; other pellets in the field. JE iff and 13! grains. Found at Chesterford, Essex. A.B.C., pi. viii. No. 2 and p. 538. Nos. 7, 8. Obv. TASC. DIAS. behind and in front of a bare head to the right, sometimes bearded ; the whole within a beaded circle. Rev. VIR. or VER. Centaur prancing to the right, playing on the double flute ; above, a solid crescent ; in front, a ring ornament or an annulet ; the whole within a beaded circle. JE. 20^ to 25 grains. Examples have been found at Braughing and at the Cow-roast near Tring, Herts; and in Huntingdonshire. A.B.C., pi. vii. No. 7, xxi. No. u. No. 9. Obv. Beardless head to the right. Legend uncertain. Rev. VER. beneath a seated figure to the left ; in front, what appears to be a standard with a bird at the top ; behind, another standard ; the whole within a beaded circle. JE usually 28 to 29 grains. Coins of this type have been found on the site of Verulam and Braughing, Herts, and near Arlesey, Beds. Though at least six specimens are known the legend on the obverse is still undetermined. A.B.C., pi. xiii. No. 8 ; xxi. No. 8. No. 10. Obv. TASCIO. in front of an unbearded laureate head to the right ; the whole within a beaded circle. Rev. TASCIO. A lion to the right ' passant guardant ' on a plain exergual line ; a beaded circle surrounds the whole. JE> 36^ grains. Place of finding unknown. A.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 3. No II. Obv. TASCIAVA. Bare, beardless head to the right ; beaded circle. Rev. TAS. Pegasus to the left, the off fore-leg raised ; beaded circle. JE 69^ grains. Other specimens weigh 88^- and 67^ grains. That figured was found near Cambridge. Another was found in Berkshire. From their weight these pieces seem to have been current at double the value of the smaller pieces, which usually weigh from 30 to 40 grains. A.B.C., pi. vi. No. 8. No. 12. Obv. TASC. in front of a beardless head to the right. Rev. VER. below a Pegasus to the left ; above, a trefoil ; in front, a ring-ornament ; the whole within a beaded circle. & 39i grains. An example of this type was found on the site of Verulam, and another at Oundle. A.B.C., pi. xxi. No. 9, vii. No. 8. 248