A number of coins have, with plausible reasoning, been appropriated by
Mr. Evans and other authorities, to the Brigantes, whose dominions seem
to have comprised Yorkshire, Lancashire, and other northern parts, and
who are indeed said to have been the original inhabitants, the Britons
proper, of the island, who had been driven inland and northwards by
successive invaders of the soil, and they seem to have been among
the latest to retain the original national characteristics. Among
the inscribed coins (which are of unusual rudeness) believed to have
belonged to them, are those bearing the letters VO·LI·SI·OS on the
_obverse_, and DVM NOCO VEROS, or DVMNO CO VEROS, on the _reverse_;
DVMNOVERO; IISVPSV; VEP, VEP CORF, or VEP RF; DVMN on _obverse_, and
TIGIP-SENO on _reverse_; AVNT or AVN-T, the AVN being over the back of
the horse, and the T beneath its neck.