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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON Sutton Lane. — A fragment of Gaulish pottery in British Museum with the stamp of Rebur- rius has this provenance, but it is uncertain whether Sutton's Court, Bishopsgate, is meant or not.^'' Swan Alley, Great, Moorgate Street. — An iron hippo-sandal found in March 1894 Journ. Brit. Arch. Asm. 1, 251, 254, with plate]. Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street. — Bronze figure of a Lar in British Museum (E. B. Price) ; bronze statuettes of Minerva and Fortune also reported from this site {Arch. Rev. i, 358]. Sweet Apple Street, Bishopsgate.'^ — Fragment of Gaulish ware in British Museum, with stamp of Rutenian potter Pontius. Telegraph Street (formerly Great Bell Alley, Moorgate Street). — Pottery discovered 1880, at a depth of 10 ft. [yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxvii, 83]. Numerous small articles in Mr. Hilton Price's possession : 12 iron styli, part of an iron spade, iron hippo-sandals, nine bronze ear-picks, seven bodkins, and 21 needles of bronze, seven bronze and 28 bone pins, bronze scales, &c. Temple. — Roman vase reported in i860 [Loud, and Midd. Arch. Soc. Proc. (i860), 9]. Temple Avenue. — Bone sty/us in Mr. Hilton Price's collection. Thames, Bed of (various localities). — Roman seal found near the Tower reported in 1725 [Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. i, 173], and in 1818 a bronze sword and stone adze [ibid, xxxiv, 94]. In 1858 a small bronze eagle was reported as found in the Thames off Queenhithe, said to resemble ' the productions of the early Etruscan artists rather than those of Rome ' [yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xiv, 339]. In 1828 a small silver key was found [Gent. Mag. (1828), i, 17, pi. 2, fig. 3] ; in 1836 a denarius of Carausius (obv. bust of C. and imp . caravsivs • p • p • avg ; rev. woman milking a cow and vberta . avg) [Num. Journ. i, 203 ; Col/. Antiq. vi, 134] ; in 1838 a bronze steel- yard weight in the form of a wolf's head, weighing 11 oz. [Arch, xxviii, 438]. In 1847 was found an enamelled bronze plaque in the form of an altar, of very curious semi-classical style, apparently unfinished, and belonging to the fifth century after Christ, now in the British Museum [Fig. 57; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, iii, 284]; in the same year a cylindrical iron padlock was found, and in 1848 leaden coins of Nero and M. Aurelius ; in 1853 '* ^"^ seal with the head of Caesar ' [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xii, 119; iv, 56; ix, 74]; in 1862-3 ^ quadrangular bronze weight of 3 oz. inscribed a III, oi5(yKiat) Tpeis or 3 oz. (found near the Temple), a bronze swan and a leaden horse [Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), ii, 88, 282], the last four all in British Museum. In 1874 was found a sword of the type of the well-known sword of Tiberius in the British Museum, the sheath richly decorated in repouss6, with foliage, flowers, and animals, and the story of Romulus and Remus [Ulus. Lond. News, n April, 1874, p. 350] ; in 1903 a coin of Carausius inscribed imp . caravsivs P • F. AVG FELICITA AVG R • S • R, now in Dr. Arthur Evans' possession [Num. Chron. (Ser. 4), V, 20]. Much Gaulish pottery in British Museum (Roach Smith and Price), with potters' stamps, mostly of second century,'^ also jars of Castor and Upchurch ware ; two jugs with incised inscriptions ; a clay lamp with a slave ; a gold ring [Cat. Lond. Antiq. p. 60, No. 264 ; Cat. of Rings, 486] ; bronze key and brooch (Franks, 1862); and a seal box with figure of Victory (1895). In the Guildhall, keys, fish-hooks, arrow- heads and other implements, a terra cotta mask found in Sion Reach [Cat. 49], and Gaulish Fig. 57. — Bronze Enamelled Plaque in Form OF Altar, from the Thames (|) '' There is a Sutton Street near the bottom of Gray's Inn Road, and another in Southwark, near Maze Pond. " Site now covered by part of Liverpool Street Station. " The list is as follows : Januarius, Lupus, Primulas, Quintus (Rutenian) ; Beleniccus (2), Biga, Caddiro, Carussa, Cetus, Celsianus", Cracuna, Divicatus, Maximus, Vegetius, Verccundus ; Martialis (German). 127