large numbers were found during various excavations, and dispersed by the navvies, as no one ever attended these operations.
Castlefield.—Found 1789, by G. Perry (lost), silver Trajanus, 98–117. Found 1723, by Dr. Stukeley (lost), golden Otho, +69.
Ivy Street (inside castrum).—Found recently, in possession of Mr. Fox-Lee, Germanicus, 4–19; Tetricus, father, 267–283.
Tonman Street, Hall of Science (on Ribchester Road).—Silver Trajan, 98–117.
Victoria Bridge (during excavation).—Found 1828, now in Owens College, Constantine the Great, 306–337; Crispus, 317–326; Constantinus II., 337–340.
Blackfriars Bridge. (See Palatine Note-Book, 1883.) Where? Six coins from 249–255. Gallienus or Valerianus (probably).
Quay Street (end of bridge).—Found 1876 (see Palatine Note-Book, 1883), where? Trajanus, 98–117; Hadrianus, 117–138; Antoninus Pius, 138–161; Marcus Aurelius, 161–180; Faustina the younger; Faustina the elder.
Gaythorn Row.—Found 1788, by Barritt (lost), Tetricus, 267–273.
At Crown Inn, Trafford Street, 1840, a hoard of two hundred coins found (all lost), mostly silver and ten of gold; only a brass of Domitianus saved, on the road to Slack.[1]
New Gasworks, Cambridge Street, 24 feet below the
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- ↑ See also detailed account in Manchester Weekly Times, March 18th, 1898, "Notes and Queries," No. 2,227, "Roman Coins and Roman Stations, by Fred. L. Tavaré.
