308 Roman Antiquities found 
not be so interesting as those presented by the ruins of 
Greece and Rome, but they are nevertheless highly impor- 
tant to the history of the country where they were found. 
They tend to make us acquainted with the private life of 
the Romans, chiefly of the soldiery, and in some measure 
with the nature of their establishments in Germany. 
The objects discovered consist of vases and instruments, 
coins and figures. The quantity of medals is also consi- 
derable, these are for the most part Imperial ; and there is 
a greater number in silver than in bronze. The bronzes 
are very much corroded and almost illegible. This series 
of medals is so far remarkable, that it furnishes us with in= 
ferences as to the length of time the Romans continued in 
the country. The catalogue now in the possession of the 
Gottingen Academy is very exact: it presents a series of 
256 pieces, which finish with the’ reign of Gallienus. We 
know that at this period the relations of this part of Ger- 
many with the Romans ceased, and the wars undertaken 
by the latter in the reigns of Dioclesian, Constantius, Con- 
stantine, &c. contributed without. doubt to destroy these 
relations. The catalogue commences with a medal of 
Augustus ; for that which has been regarded as Consular 
from having on it the letters S.C. is too much defaced to 
enable us to say any thing positive of it. The medal of 
Augustus bears the Bos Cornupeta, and the Fmp. X upon’ 
the reverse. Upon the face there is the head not crowned 
with the legend Augustus Divi F. This medal has excited 
a considerable controversy, and its date has been fixed at 
742. There is only a single medal of Tiberius, which is 
well known. It is of the date 768, when we find upon 
medals the Pontif. Max. Upon the medal in question 
we find the head of the emperior with the legend Ti. Ces. 
Div. Aug. F. Aug. Upon the reverse is a female seated, 
holding a spear and a branch. It has been said that this 
figure represents Livia. 
One of the medals in this collection represents the con= 
secration of Titus, and it is remarkable not so much for the 
subject as for the nature of the metal, which is brass alloyed 
with silver: it is consequently of a posterior date, and is 
perhaps part of those which have been ascribed to Gallienus 
or Trebonian. We ought not however to ascribe to them 
alone all the restored medals, since they have been struck 
at different times, and probably with different views, rather 
to preserve the recollectiun of the event than to restore the 
medal. The medal in question is perfectly similar to the 
consecration medal. The head of Titus bears the radiated 
_ crown: 
td te 
Pa te. Pe ee 
