The Archaeological journal . I do not wish to break up the finds.\ hope to be able to treat the discoveries connectedlybefore very long. Meantime, I print a few inscribed tiles. 97. [Eph. vii., 1138.] Fragment of tile found in 1891 :now in possession of Mr. G. W. Shrubsole. The lettershave been stamped twice, one over the other, but areclear. GXXANTO leg(io) xx anio(niniana) Copied by myself. This confirms the supplement pro-posed by Mr. W. T. Watkin for two fragmentary tiles founda few years earlier in Chester, and bearing the letters anto(Arch. Joum. xliii., 289). They shew that the twentiet
The Archaeological journal . I do not wish to break up the finds.\ hope to be able to treat the discoveries connectedlybefore very long. Meantime, I print a few inscribed tiles. 97. [Eph. vii., 1138.] Fragment of tile found in 1891 :now in possession of Mr. G. W. Shrubsole. The lettershave been stamped twice, one over the other, but areclear. GXXANTO leg(io) xx anio(niniana) Copied by myself. This confirms the supplement pro-posed by Mr. W. T. Watkin for two fragmentary tiles founda few years earlier in Chester, and bearing the letters anto(Arch. Joum. xliii., 289). They shew that the twentiethlegion, early in the third century, adopted the titleAntoniniana in commemoration of the reigning emperors,and, incidentally, they prove (what indeed was notdoubtful) that the headquarters of the legion were inChester at this time. Similarly we find the additionsSev(eriana), Gor(diana) on tiles of the Sixth Legion atYork, Antfoniniana) on a tile of the Second Legion atCaerleon (C. 1222. h). and titles borrowed from Gordian. Altar from Woodnook ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS IN BRITAIN. 191 Postumus and Tetricus on inscriptions of the cohort ingarrison at Birdoswald. This form of title, which is verycommon, must be carefully distinguished from epithets likeAelia, Flavia ( Cohors Aelia Dacorum, Flavia Damas-cerwyrwm, Claudia Sugambrorum), which give do evidenceof date except by bearing the emperors name in whose reignthey probably were formed. 98. Tiles inscribed with cursive lettering before baking ;(<i) on a tile of the twentieth legion, (b) now in theGrosvenor Museum. (a) fidelJ (b) R * \ r i a y S R A Copied by myself. The first, no doubt, gave the propername Fidelis. The decipherment of the second I owe toDr. Zangemeister : I am afraid that, as he remarks, theobject has very little value. 99. Curiously shaped pottery wTith inset label and raisedletters made by hand, the property of Mr. F. Potts, foundmany years ago. AbAscAntvs fe Abascantus fe(cit) Copied by myself. Abascantus,
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