. The Archaeological journal . )u mmh \ •O l>- CO 1—1 q-f !> oj 1 ri^ r-M M oc-> rri M-) 0) , 1 R H -M O M 9^ ^ ^ i^ p <2P w I CINERARY URNS FOUND AT PORTII DAFARCII. 135 and on those issued later from the London Mint. As for thesubject, the first ghmcc suggests Mercury ; more minuteexamination proves the attributes to be meant for a bunchof giapes and ears of corn. The personage can only beBonus Eventiis. A votive tablet to this deity associated withFortune was found at Caerleon (see Lees Isca Silurum,p. 19). This image was with good reason a very popularsignal device with the

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. The Archaeological journal . )u mmh \ •O l>- CO 1—1 q-f !> oj 1 ri^ r-M M oc-> rri M-) 0) , 1 R H -M O M 9^ ^ ^ i^ p <2P w I CINERARY URNS FOUND AT PORTII DAFARCII. 135 and on those issued later from the London Mint. As for thesubject, the first ghmcc suggests Mercury ; more minuteexamination proves the attributes to be meant for a bunchof giapes and ears of corn. The personage can only beBonus Eventiis. A votive tablet to this deity associated withFortune was found at Caerleon (see Lees Isca Silurum,p. 19). This image was with good reason a very popularsignal device with the Romans. You will probably agree with me in thinking that GoodLuck apj^ears in a somewhat Mercurial character on yourgem. When my friend describes this art as British, wemust of course assume that he intends colonial, or such aswas the produce of Britain, whether by Roman hands orotherwise under the control of Roman influence. It isstriking to find how the Romans carried with them to theremotest quarters of the Empire the elegancies or

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