'After I left you [at Cambridge] I dined at Stilton, and lay at Stamford. I came to the last place about 7 in the afternoon, and putting up at the Bull, I went directly to Dr. Stukeley. He was very kind, and lookt very smug and canonicall. He supped with me that night, and next morning I breakfasted with him. He shewed me a fine medall of the great brasse of Tiberius, the head was on one side with this ἐπεγραφὴ TIBERIVS AVGVSTI FILIVS. On the reverse he is sitting on a kind of a throne, with these words round, CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS. You know this piece of History. The doctor has made out a dissertation upon this coin, and as he drains all his learning to support Christianity, he, in his enthusiastick way, which becomes him well enough, has by head and shoulders brought in severall curious observations upon it. The next piece he seemed fond of, was a tin coin with the word KAM upon it, by which he pretends to say it was coined at Camalodunum, he is of opinion that Colchester was this Camalodunum, but I confesse that the situation of the arx aeternae dominationis agrees as well to the place you showed me as to any other, according to the description of Tacitus.
When I was at home in the countrey, which was the eighth day after I left you, I lookt a little into my collection of coins. I found severall duplicates, and shall in time send you some account of them, that if you want any of them, they may be sent to you. As I could not make a collection of coins in this countrey worth putting into any order, I satisfyed myself with these found therein; among the best preserved of the great brasse I have these, but no duplicate of them.
Augustas, coined by order of Tiberius, with the words DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.
Agrippina, very fine, with these words: AGRIPPINA. MF.
Tiberius, the inscription imperfect.
Tiberias Claudius Nero.
Vespasianus, on the reverse 2 captives, with the words IVDAEA CAPTA.
Titus, very fine and rare, for on the rev. he stands Paludatus, at the side of a palm tree, and at his feet a figure holding up its hands, with the former words IVDAEA CAPTA. Vaillant says of this coin, Inter rarissimos collocandus est.
I have another of Vespasian, with a temple on the reverse [showing 4 columns, and a door between the two middle columns, and inscription, SALVTI AVGVSTI S.C.]
I have one of Augustus, with the same temple, and under it PROVIDENTIA, but that is of the middle brasse, and not very common.
Vaillant says of this. Hic nummus primae magnitudinis inter variores adscribendus.
Of the same sort I have 7 or 8 more of lesse value, being of Domitianus, Nerva, Trajanus, Hadrianus, Antoninus Pius, &c Upon the reverse of these are temples and adlocutiones. I shall at more leisure give you on account of the rest.'
(Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 2, pp. 271-3; Burnett 2020b, pp. 400, 808)
