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2285. Milestone of red sandstone, 20 in. high, 8 in. wide, (1/8),
found in 1602 near the fort of Brougham (Brocauum) at the confluence
of the Rivers Lowther and Eamont. Now at Brougham Castle. Bainbrigg
made a copy of it which is now at Appleby, 12 by 25 in., built into
a wall in Chapel Street with other copies made by Bainbrigg. Drawn
by R. G. C., 1936.
CIL vii 1176. EE iii p. 140; ix p. 637. LS 815. Bainbrigg
B.M. MS. Cott. Jul. F. VI f. 332 [314]. Camden (ed. 6) 627. Horsley
297 Westm. II figuring Bainbrigg's copy. Haverfield CW2 xi (1911)
360. Birley CW2 xxxii (1932) 134 no. 18.
Imp(eratori) C(aesari) Val(erio) Const antino pient(issimo)
Aug(usto)
'For the Emperor Caesar Valerius Constantinus, most dutiful Augustus.'
2-4. D<.>C<.>VAL<.> CONSTA NTINO<.>Bainbr. MS.; D<.>C<.>VAL<.>
CONST ANTINO Bainbr. modern copy; C<.>VAL<.> CONSTA NTINO
Camd.;<.>C<.>VAL CONST ANTINO R. G. C. 6. AVG is a later addition
R. G. C.
Constantine I, A.D. 307-37. (1)
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