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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 5412033, member: 109923&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin of Tasciovanus, King of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni (20BC-9AD), struck around the time of the birth of Christ in Verlamion (near St Albans, England).</p><p><br /></p><p>Tasciovanus (‘killer of badgers’) founded Verlamion as the capital of the Catuvellauni, who lived in modern Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and south Cambridgeshire. He was fabled to be son of King Lud, founder of London, although he was probably son of the Trinovantian king Addedomaros, founder of Colchester, Essex.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tasciovanus Unit, 5BC-5AD</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234493[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Verlamion. Silver. Saltire. Boar (SCBC 236)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Verlamion (&#039;settlement by the marsh&#039;) was a large administrative centre that emerged to deal with trade with the Roman world. The Romans took it over, calling it Verulamium. It was second only to London. Queen Boudica destroyed it in 61AD during her rebellion.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Verulamium Today</b></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Verulamium_Roman_Theatre_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verulamium_Roman_Theatre_1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verulamium_Roman_Theatre_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verulamium_Roman_Theatre_1.jpg</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>St Alban (the first British saint and eponym of St Albans) was reputed to have come from (and been martyred at) Verulamium, and indeed became a saint after his first-hand experience of the Roman persecution of Christians.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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