22 2 ROMAN COINS IN DERBYSHIRE. 



Reverse. 



A Priest , (or Flamen) resting his left hand upon a 



stretching out his right hand, in which he holds a chaplet, over an 

 altar inflamed, & this circumscribed, 



COSIIII that is Consul quartum. 

 N.B — All y e figures upon y e reverse stand in profile, & look 

 towards y e right hand. 



Antoninus Pius was Consul y e 4 th time, in y e year of Rome 897, 

 which was in y e year of our Lord 145, 



VII. Another of y e same Antoninus Pius, having his head on 

 one side, & this circumscription, 



DIVVSANTONINVS i.e., 



Divus Antoninus. 



Reverse. 



A funeral pile on fire, thus circumscribed, 



CONSE CRATIO i.e. consecratio. 

 Antoninus Pius died 7 Martii, U.C. 936, vel An°. Dom. 160. 



VIII. A coin of Faustina, having her head bound about with a 

 & this inscription round y e same, 



FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, which needs no explanation. 



Reverse. 

 Some kind of a seat, & this inscription, 



SAECVLIFELICIT id est, 

 Saeculi felicitas. 



IX. Another of y e same Empress, having her head on one side 

 thereof, her hair tied in a knot behind, with this inscription, 



DIVAFAV STINAPIA id est, 



Diva Faustina Pia. 



Reverse. 



A Peacock (ad laevam prospiciens) drooping its tail, & this 



inscription, 



CONSEC RATIO id est, 



Consecratio. 



X. A coin of Commodus, having his head (with very short 

 hair & curled) on one side, & thus circumscribed, 



AVRELIVSCO AVGPIIF, that is 



Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pii Filius. 



