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The fixing of the date to the very day by Dr. McCaul is highly 

 interesting. He says : " In this inscription, read the second to the 

 sixth lines thus : — 



Villi 



OCTOB 



PRGR 



ET EMIL 



COS 



i'e., Sept. 23rd, A.D. 244, in which year Peregrinus and Aemilianua 

 were consuls." 



To many who are able to appreciate and enjoy the results, the skill 

 here manifested will appear almost magical. In fact, if to a thorough 

 knowledge of the Latin language we add familiarity with the ancient 

 modes of writing and inscribing, and with the phraseology of inscrip- 

 tions as acquired by a comparison of all those which have been 

 preserved and collected, and suppose also the sort of quickness which 

 practice gives in any peculiar exercise of the mind as well as the 

 body, we can well understand how the thing is done, whilst we 

 cannot but admire the patience, ingenuity, and learning which are 

 so successfully brought to bear upon the subject. 



There is another restoration of Dr. McCaul's mentioned by Mr. Lee 

 in a note to a fragment of a Legionary stamp, figured on Plate xxiii., 

 fig. 19. He says : " It may be well here to mention a unique and very 

 singular impress which was found at Caerleon, and which was given 

 many years ago by Mr. King to the museum at Cambridge. A sketch 

 of it vdll be found in the ' Delineation of Roman Antiquities at Caer- 

 leon,' but it is not drawn here, as this Catalogue is confined to objects 

 in the museum. The letters LEG are lost ; the remainder consists of 

 the usual stamp IIAVG together with a monogram which may stand 

 either for MV or MA followed by a T. The whole stamp may, 

 therefore, be read either IIAVGMVT or IIAVGMAT : Mr. King's 

 opinion decidedly leans to the first." The author then quotes the 

 opinions of Mr. Bunbury and Mr. King, and seems about to give up 

 the subject in despair of obtaining any satisfaction ; but he adds 

 "While the above was in the printer's hands, the Rev. J. McCaul, 

 LL.D., of Toronto, kindly communicated the following note, which 

 doubtless is the correct reading of this stamp : "read LEG ' II * AVG • 

 ANT*, i.e., Antoniniana. From Orelli, n. 2129, we learn that the 

 title Antoniniana was borne by the LEG • II • A • P • F • scil • adjutrix, 

 pia, fidelis ; the same mentioned in one of the Bath and one of the 



