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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