Collections Online

Veranius was one of the few mortarium potters to have Roman citizenship, and also one of the few whose work is both common in Britain and well represented on the Continent. The location of his workshop is a little uncertain. It is likely that he worked in the Bavai area of northern France early in his career, but all of his mortaria found in Britain was made in Pas de Calais (north-east France). There is also the possibility of a subsidiary pottery in Kent. Most of his mortaria found in Britain is in areas with easy access to the sea and is common in south-west England and south Wales, suggesting distribution by coastal or sea-going traffic. Most of his mortaria are Gillam type 238, and probably dated between AD 70 and 100.