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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON in the sand of the river-bed [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xliii, 103; xliv, 198, 235 fF. ; Cat. 6, 44]. The head was assigned by A. S. Murray to the third century, but the owner ascribed it to an earlier date, as showing Greek influence. In Mr. Ransom's collection are also jars of Upchurch ware, and with scored lattice-patterns. In 1873 two pieces of Upchurch ware, a Gaulish bowl described as a ' calathus, the precursor of the modern breakfast-cup' (probably form 33), and a mortarium with stamp ALBILVI. LVC*" were found 'in the bed of the Wal brook ' Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxix, 90]. In 1887 further finds were reported, including a large Gaulish bowl and fragments of Gaulish ware much burnt [ibid, xliii, 103]. Warwick Lane (Plan C, 204). — A tile was found here in 1886, measuring 17 in. by 12 in., on which is rudely scratched AVSTALIS DIBVSVIII VAGATVR SIB COTIDIM The meaning is not quite certain, but it appears to be : 'Austalis dibus viii vagatursibi cotidim,'" 'Austalis wanders about by himself for eight days, day by day.' The tile is now in the Guild- hall {Cat. 73, No. 56 ; see also Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), xi, 178 ; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc. xliii, 106; Arch. Journ. xlvii, 236; Ephem. Epigr. vii, 344, No. 1141 ; Walters, Ancient Pottery, ii, 359> %• 195]- Warwick Square (Plan C, 209). — Roman remains found in 1881 on premises of Messrs. Tylor, at a depth of about 19 ft. ; the plan of the site indicates several pieces of a wall, a well, a brick pavement, and the spots where lead coffins, a tiled grave, leaden jars, and urns were found. Among the finds was a large stone vase, 2 ft. 3 in. in height, of porphyry or serpentine, full of calcined bones, and containing a coin of Claudius I. Near this were four leaden ossuaria of cylindrical form. 'Funeral urns' of Castor or Upchurch ware and coins ranging from a.d. 40 to 350 are mentioned, also specimens of Gaulish (? Arretine) pottery, a spur-rowel, combs, and styli. One of the ossuaria was ornamented with astragalus pattern and a figure of Sol in his quadriga ; it contained a two-handled glass vase. The others were ornamented in a simpler style {see on this burial, p. 10 supra ; also Arch, xlviii, 221 ff., with plates 10-12 ; and Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxvii, 88. The coffins and other finds have been deposited in the British Museum by Messrs. Tylor]. Water Lane, Tower Street. — Pottery found in 1842, including a fragment of Gaulish ware with the stamp of a Rutenian first-century potter (of bassi ; now in Brit. Mus.), am- phorae, and other vessels [E. B. Price in Gent. Mag. (1843), ii, 416 ; Rom. Brit. Rem. i, 201]. Another fragment of pottery in British Museum with stamp of. gai. ivl. Water Lane, Ludgate Hill (Plan C, 58). — On a portion of the Roman Wall seen here in 1882, see Arch. Journ. xxxix, 426. Watling Street. — 'A hard road or causeway was found in crossing Watling Street 10 J ft. from the surface. It was of rough stones and gravel, among the upper portion of which were found quantities of broken Roman pottery ' [Price, Descr. Rom. Tess. Pavement in Bucklersbury, 77 ; see above, p. 34]. Tiles were found in 1744 in digging up the floor in St. Antholin's church, but it is not stated that they were Roman [Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. iv, 194^]. Well Street, Jewin Street (Plan A, 4 ; C, 38). — A hoard of sixty-eight Roman coins, dating 68-161, found in 1846, just outside the portion of the wall still existing in Cripplegate church- yard. They included coins of Galba, Vespasian (5), Domitian (5), Nerva,Trajan (21), Hadrian (21), Sabina (2), Antoninus Pius (8), and Faustina the Elder (4), nearly all in good preservation. Some urns were also found in the same street, one containing human bones {Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, ii, 272 ; Num. Chron. ix, 85 ; Arch, liv, 493 ; see iot the burial, p. 6 supra]. White Hart Court, Bishopsgate. — Gaulish bowl ofLezoux ware in British Museum (form 37), with designs of figures within arches, published by Roach Smith {Coll. Antiq. i, 165 ; Cat. Lond. Antiq. 36, No. 181]. White Hart Yard, Moorfields. — Fragment of Gaulish (Rutenian) ware in British Museum, with stamp of Quintus. Winchester Street. — Finds in 1865 included part of a Gaulish bowl with figure of rabbit, a bone stylus, and an iron knife with bone handle {Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxi, 360 ; Illus. Lond. News, 30 Dec. 1865, p. 654 ; cf. Cat. Lond. Antiq. 72, No. 325]. In the Guildhall Museum are two keys {Cat. 26, 40], a terra-cotta bust {Cat. 31], a two-handled cup of black ware, and probably read lvg = lvg (dvno), i.e. made at Lyons (^cf. pp. 99, 1 14). 133
 * " The first name is probably albini. It is said to have been restored from two specimens, but lvc should