SDO10172 - 'The Roman military advance under Ostorius Scapula' Archaeological Journal

The appendix includes the following entries Page 79 DORCHESTER 86. The bone sword grip from the handle of a gladius found at No. 48 South St., in 1905, (Acc. No. 1886.9.33) Proc. Soc, Ant., 2nd ser. xxi, p153). It is similar to one from Newstead. (pl xxxiv, No. 13). 87. The bronze handle of a key found at the Gas Works (Acc. No. 1902.2.3) is of a common military type (cf Zugmantel, O-R. L., No. 8, Taf. xiii, No. 51 etc). 88. A highly decorated belt-plate found ‘in the N.E. corner of the new fairground.’ (Dorset N.H. and Arch. Soc. Proc. Ii (1878) p109). See discussion on this type under Wroxeter 258. On the coins from Dorchester Mr C. V. H. Sutherland notes that the ‘copies’ (ie military imitation issues) account for some 20%-30% of the fair number of Claudian coins [Romano-British Imitations of Bronze Coins of Claudius I (1935) p7]