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brings to light more frequently than any of those in Class A, but 

 very rarely does this type present itself in good condition, being 

 as a rule poorly executed. These two facts are urged in support 

 of the contention that the coin Avas struck in Britain, the dies 

 having been engraved in Italy. Mr. Roach Smith mentions in 

 Collectanea Antiqua a find of 327 of these "Britannia" pieces (all 

 much worn) at Procolitia on the wall of Hadrian and Severus, 

 and infers that they were used for the pay of the Northern 

 legonaries. The D.C.M. possesses two specimens, not from the 

 same dies. 



COMMODUS, A.D. l8o TO 192. 



First-brass, or Sestertius, A.D. 184. 



O. M. COMMODVS. ANTON. AVG. PIVS. BRIT. 



Laureate head to right. 



R. P.M. TR.P. VIIII. IMP. VII. COS IIII. P.P. In ex : 

 VICT. BRIT. In field SC. A winged Victory 

 seated on shields, holding palm branch in right hand 

 and supporting a shield with left. [Plate No. 4.] 

 It is believed that this Emperor never set foot in Britain ; he 

 may have preferred to air his vanity on the Palatine Hill, leaving 

 to others the care of the outposts of his empire. Nevertheless, 

 Commodus did not neglect to acquire the name Britannicus from 

 the Senate, and that body was responsible for the charming 

 figure on the reverse of this sestertius, which alludes to the 

 success of Ulpius against the Caledonians and to the saluting of 

 his master as Emperor for the seventh time. 



SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, A.D. 193 TO 211. 



Second-brass, or As., A.D. 211. 



O. SEVERVS. PIVS. AVG. BRIT. Laureate head to 

 right. 



R. VICT. BRIT. P.M. TR. P. XIX. COS III. P.P. In 

 field SC. A winged Victory to right holding a 

 standard ; two captives seated at her feet. 



