FOUND AT BErCKENDONBURT, HERTFOllD. 171 



A BONAE SPEi reverse is also one of those of Pescennius, wliose 

 hopes, however, were not so satisfactorily realized as those of 

 Severus. The coin bearing it is scarce, and the Brickendonbuiy 

 specimen ditfers from that in Cohen in not ha^'ing• ir . co . on the 

 obverse (PL IV, Fig. 3). 



The coins of Julia Domna, the wife of Sevenis, present but little 

 novelty. One, however, with the legend saecvli felicitas, presents 

 the type of the Empress sacrificing at an altar, as on the large brass 

 coin with the same legend (Cohen, 178), and thus constitutes 

 a variety not given by Cohen among the silver coins of Domna 



(PI. iY,'rig. 4). 



Among the scarcer coins of Caracalla are some with maeti vltoki 

 and voTA svscepta x, but they can hardly be regarded as rare. One 

 with peofectio avg. is somewhat rarer. It belongs to the year 

 A.D. 213, and appears to refer to his expedition into Gaul (PL IV, 

 Fig. 5). A coin of the fourteenth year of his Tribinutian Power 

 differs from Cohen, who gives the type for his thirteenth year only. 



The coins of Plautilla, the wife of Caracalla, and of Geta, his 

 brother, though somewhat scarce, do not require any comment. 



Diadumenianus, the son of Macrinus, is rei^resented in the hoard 

 by two coins, both of some degree of rarity, though the types are 

 of an ordinary character. A specimen, with the peinceps ivven- 

 TVTis reverse, was present in the Lime Street hoard (PL IV, Fig. 6). 



The coins of Elagabalus are among the most numerous in the 

 hoard, and present several of the devices commemorative of the 

 worship of the Sp'ian sun-god, from whose name that commonly 

 given to this Emperor has been adopted. On one of the coins, with 

 the legend invictvs saceedos avg., the Emperor is represented with 

 what would appear to be a horn upon his head on the obverse, 

 probably as an emblem of power. On the reverse another horn is 

 sometimes shown at his feet, but the Hertford example varies 

 somewhat from Cohen's description* (PL IV, Fig. 7). For a notice 

 of this rare coin Cohen may be consulted. The homed head of the 

 Emperor occurs on a few coins of other types. 



The only other coin of Elagabalus to which attention may be 

 called is one reading p . m . te. p . v . cos . iiii .p.p., with Provi- 

 dentia standing to the left holding a wand and cornucopia? ; at her 

 feet a globe. This is not described by Cohen, but the type of the 

 reverse is the same as that of the large brass coin 'No. 212. 



The coins of Julia Paula, though by no means common, present 

 types already well known. Those of Aquilia 8evera, another of 

 the wives of Elagabalus, are of greater rarity, but in that case also 

 there is no novelty about the de^•ice. 



Those of Julia Soaemias, the sister of Julia Domna and daughter 

 of Julia Maesa, are fairly numerous in the hoard, though hardly 

 common coins. 



Those of Julia Maesa, the clever grandmother of Elagabalus, are 

 more numerous still, but require no comment. 



* 'Mid Imp.,' 2ncl edition, vol. iv, p. 329. 



