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which is not in Mr. Reeding's work, nor in Pegge's 'Essay on the Coins of Cuno-
beline.' It was lately found near Epping: the Metal is Electrum; its weight
5 dwts. 10 grs.; on one side is represented a man in Armour on horseback; on
the reverse, Tasciovricon.1
"Near Harlow, Essex, are the remains of a Roman station, not yet noticed
by antiquarians. The Castellum, or place of strength, appears to have been in
the neighbouring Parish of Latton, on an Elevated field which was formerly
almost surrounded by the waters of the River Stort. The works are not now
Visible, but a few feet below the surface are the foundations of very strong walls.
"It is not improbable that this was one of the forts formed by the Romans to
defend the Trinobantes from the Cateuchlani; as the Stort here, and, for some
distance up its course, divides the Counties of Essex and Herts. This Conjec-
ture is rendered more plausible by the appearance of four of these stations on
the Essex side of the River, in the short space of nine miles—viz., this at
Harlow or Latton; one at Hallingbury, called Wallbury, distant four miles ; one
at Bishop Stortford, three miles, and another at Stanstead Mount-Fitchet, two
miles further.
"Perhaps some of our Antiquarian Readers can assist in discovering the
Roman name of this Station at Harlow ; it is distant from London 23 miles,
from Cheshunt 12 miles, and from St. Albans, or Verulamium (24) twenty-four
miles.
"Amongst the Antiquities found here (most of which are in Mr. Barnard's
possession) are, a small bronze head of Silenus, of very good Workmanship ; a
large bronze brooch, and fragments of a Cup of highly polished red ware, and on
the outside of which are figures of a Cock and Triton, found in a grave eight or
ten feet deep.
"British Coins.—A helmeted head with Cunobilini ; reverse, a hog2 and
Tasciovanit.—Another with a head on one side ; on the other a man striking
upon an anvil.—One with a star, between the rays of which are the letters
Verlamio ; reverse, an Ox.3—Another similar, except that the head of the Ox is
turned the Contrary way—and two or three others not intelligible.
" Roman Coins.—Silver, of Sabina, Tautus the Elder, and Constantinus Junr.
"Brass.—Various sizes and Various Emperors, from the first Claudius to
Valentinian—in all, upwards of 200."
Ancient Remains at Shoebury.—"The well-known camp at Shoeburyness
on its first establishment, was placed within the entrenchments of the Danish
fortress mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle [see Mr. F. C. J. Spurrell's paper
on 'Haesten's Camps at Shoebury and Benfleet, Essex,' Essex Naturalist, vol.
iv., pp. 150-153], and previous to the Danish occupation the district appears to have
been a favourite dwelling place with the earlier inhabitants of this country, for
at various times considerable numbers of Celtic weapons of the Bronze period
have been unearthed, besides palaeo- and neolithic implements. In fact, the
whole district is rich in antiquities, Roman pottery and weapons and Saxon
and Danish remains having frequently come to light. Lately the military
authorities have been forming a new road near the artillery barracks, and in
1 "In consequence of the connection between the names of Cunobeline and Tascio, those coins
which bear the latter name, without the former, are usually attributed to that monarch."—
"Reeding on Coinage." Vol. i., p. 200.
2 Engraved in Reeding, Pl. 5, Fig. 23.
3 Ibid, Fig. 3.