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Reverse. 

 A figure in a loose garment standing in profile, holding a cornu- 

 copia in y e left hand (& supporting it with y' arm), y e right hand 

 extended, & holding something (but y e piece is too much worn 

 to see what) & thus circumscribed. 



COSH, that is 

 Consul secundum. 



Aurelius Commodus was consul y e second time A. U. C. 931, 

 qui fuit vulgaris Epochis 179. 



XI. This coin (which in order of time should have preceeded 

 y e last) is one of two Antonines (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus 

 Philosophus, & Lucius Antoninus Verus), it has on one side 

 thereof y e head of y e Emperor laureat & circumscribed as under, 



ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS. 

 Reverse. 

 The figure of a man (pileatus) habited in a loose garment down 

 to y e feet, standing in profile, & looking towards y e right hand, 

 encompassing a cornucopia with his left arm, & resting his right 

 hand extended upon a staff (upon y e top whereof seems to be two 

 children, confronting each other, in a sitting posture) with this 

 inscription, 



FELICI TASAVGG, i.e., 

 Felicitas Augustorum, shewing y* there were two Augustuses at y e 

 time it was coined. 



The two Antonines began y r reign An . U. conditse 913, 

 which answers to y e year of our Lord 161, and one of them (Scil. 

 Lucius) died of an Apoplexy A. U. C. 921, or An°. Dni. 169. 



XII. Another coin of Antoninus Pius, upon which the Head 

 encompassed with a wreath of laurel is very plain, but y e inscrip- 

 tion is mutilated, there appearing only these letters, 



ANTONI 



Reverse. 

 Justice, supporting her left hand with a staff, holding a balance 

 in her right hand extended, with this inscription, 



COSIIII. y'is 

 Consul quartum. 



