262 Contrilution towards the assaying of Coins. 



Providenti(B. In the field the letters usual on the earlier 

 Roman copper coins, namely, S. C. {Senatus consulto). 

 The coins weighed 144 grains, and consisted only of copper. 



No, 8.. On the one side the head of Caligula: on tlie 

 reverse a Vesta sitting, The coin weighed 141 grains, and 

 consisted also of pure copper. 



No. 9. On one side the head of Vespasian, with a laurel 

 crown : on the reverse a winged Victory, standing on the 

 beak of a ship and holding out a laurel crown. The in- 

 scription Victoria 7iavalis. It weighed 176 grains, and was 

 merely of copper. 



2. Brass. 



No. 10. On tlie one side Castor and Pollux, under the 

 form of two horsemen, with the inscription Ccesar Au- 

 gustus Gerniffnicus : on the reverse S. C, in the middle, 

 with an illegible inscription. The coin was of a brass yelr 

 Iqw colour. It weighed 130 grains, and consisted of 



Copper. - - r 119 grs. 



Zinc r - r' 31 



150 



No. 11. A coin struck in honpur of Nero and Drusus, 

 the sons of Germanicus. On the one side a quadriga: on 

 the reverse an indistinct figure, either a soldier standing, or 

 a trophy. In colour and toushness it was similar to the. 

 preceding. It weighed 233 grains, and contained 



Copper - - - 187 grs. 



Zinc - - _ 46 



233 



No. 12. On the one side a head of Tiberius, behind 

 which was an oblong impression {Tndula) |TIA/(. On 

 the reverse a civic crown, with the inscription Ex S. C. oh 

 dues servatvs. This coin weighed 380 grains, and cou" 

 sis ted of 



Copper - - - 396 grs. 

 Zinc r -. - 84 



$80 



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