More information : 582. Plate of silver, 1 11/16x 1 in. (1/1),
attached by a chain of four links to a wristlet on the right
arm, 9 in. long, of a silver statuette of Victory. Found in
1793 in a quarry on Tunshill Farm, in the parish of Milnrow,
3/4 mile south-east of the parish church at Milnrow. Now in the
possession of Lord Astor, of Hever Castle, Kent. A replica
is now in the Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield. Drawn by
R.G.C., 1930, when on loan in the London Museum.
Victoriae / leg(ionis) VI Vic)tricis) / Val(eriuss) Rufus /
u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito)
"To the Victory of the Sixth Legion Victrix Valerius Rufus
willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.'
The letters have been punched. This plate and the movable
wristlet to which it is added appear to form an offering
additional to the statuette itself. Sir George Macdonald points
out that this must represent loot from the legionary headquarters
at York. (1)
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