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 ROMANO-BRITISH SUFFOLK HoLBROOK. — In 1 84 1 a discovery of coins was made at Holbrook — second brass of Diocletian (a.d. 284-305), Maximian (a.d. 286-308), Constantius Chlorus (a.d. 305-6), Constantine I (a.d. 307-37), Constantius II (a.d. 337-61). They were in good preservation [Numii. Chron. iv, 64 ; Ipswich Journ. 20 March 1841]. In 1853 fo""" third brass coins — (i) Maximin Daza (a.d. 308-13), struck at Treves ; (2) Constantine the Great (a.d. 307-37), struck at Treves ; (3) another struck in London ; and (4) a different mintage of the same coin — were found on the banks of the Stpur Proc. Suff". Arch. Inst, i, 151]. HoLLESLEY. — A vase of grey ware with broad band of incised waved ornament, now in the British Museum, was found here. Icklingham. — The following discovery is recorded by Salmon, who says : ' About three years ago a Leaden Cistern was found here by a ploughman, the share striking against the edge of it. The Treasure it had concealed was gone. The Cistern is in being ; it contains about sixteen gallons, perforated on each side for Rings to lift it by. There is ornamental work on the Outside of it, imitating Hoops of Iron, but cast with the Thing itself. On one side is a Mark A, perhaps intending the Measure or the Use of it.' This cistern might possibly have been Roman [Salmon, A New Surv. of Engl. (1730), i, 158 et seq.]. In 1720 Roman coins and fibulae were found, three coins of Marcus Aurelius (a.d. 161-80), others of Victorinus (a.d. 265-8), Tetricus (a.d. 268-73), and Honorius (a.d. 395-423) [MS. Min. Soc. Antiq. i, 35, 173 (1725)]. A gold ring, exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London, was picked up in a field between Mildenhall and Icklingham with a figure on it, perhaps of Mars, holding a Victory in his hand [MS. Min. Soc. Antiq. xxxv, 72]. Mr. Acton exhibited to the same society a service of pewter, which consisted of one large flat round dish, two very small dishes, two deeper round dishes, one square dish, one amphora, two standing dishes with octagonal borders, and one little pan, found in 1839 by labourers trenching heath land ; these articles lay l ft. 6 in. beneath the surface, and seem to have been hastily buried. Two second brass coins, illegible, were turned up at the same place [Arch, xxix, App. 389 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), iv, 430]. A funnel-shaped vessel of bronze, which belonged to Mr. E. Acton in 1850 [Antiq. Etching Club, ii, pi. 46] was found here, and an urn of large size was dis- covered in 1 85 1 in a sand-pit, from which pit many skeletons had been dug up at various times {Proc. Suff. Arch. Inst, i, 343]. There were exhibited from this site in a temporary museum at the Ipswich Congress of the British Archaeological Association two silver rings, one silver fibula, ten bronze fibulae, five bronze bracelets, one glass ring or bracelet (black), and one string of beads yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxi, 345 ; C. Roach Smith, Coll. Antiq. iv, 95, 96]. There is mention of a coin of Honorius (a.d. 395-423) being found here [ibid, xxv, 82]. From the most southerly field of Dix's Charity land were turned up by a man plough- ing in July 1877 fragments of a vase of Durobrivian pottery, and a hoard of coins, of which the full number may have been about 400. The coins were all silver, and generally in good condition. Shards of different kinds of pottery were scattered about the spot where they were found. The following is the list of those which were saved : — Constantius I (a.d. 305-6),!; Julian (a.d. 360-3), 19; Jovian (a.d. 363-4), l ; Valentinian (a.d. 364-75), 28 ; Valens (a.d. 364-78), 73 ; Gratian (a.d. 375-83), 41 ; Valentinian II (a.d. 375-92)>9 ; Theodosius (a.d. 379-95), 43 ; Magnus Maximus (a.d. 383-8), 48 ; Victor (a.d. 383-8)52 ; Eugenius (a.d. 392-4), II ; Arcadius (a.d. 383-408), 51 ; Honorius (a.d. 395-423), 22 ; in all 349 [Proc. Sufi] Arch. Inst, iv, 282 et seq.]. A vase of Duro- brivian ware was also found [ibid. 367 et seq.]. The remains of a house discovered in a field called ' The Horselands ' were partially ex- cavated by Mr. H. Prigg [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxiv, 12 et seq.]. Objects observed during the excavations included fragments of different kinds of pottery, bones of animals, including those of the horse, ox, goat, pig, 309 oi ■ I 1... ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ a ■ ■ a ■ ■ r.: ■ ■ am JUiHB ■ ■ aa DGiBHi ■QQaODaa □oaooOaQ aaaaaaoa aoDDoaa oc a □ D a 3 P 8 i^ =^JU Plan Rom vN House at Horselands, Icklingham