DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 77 



2, Roman Series : 



At the sale of the Montagu Collection of Roman gold coins, 

 held in Paris in April, the British Museum acquired 133 speci- 

 mens. Some of these are unique, and nearly all of them are 

 of types not previously represented in the Museum. The 

 following deserve special mention : — 



Cornelia gens. — Aureus. Obverse, Head of Jupiter ; reverse, 

 CN. LENTVL. Eagle. A unique coin, formerly in the 

 Borghesi Cabinet. 



M. Antony. — Aureus of the Sixth Legion struck during 

 Antony's residence at Alexandria. A very rare coin from, the 

 collection of Prince Hercolani. 



M. Antony and his son M. Antony, junior. — An aureus of 

 the highest rarity. 



Octavius Ccesar III. YIR. ; B.C. 44-29. — Aureus. Obverse, 

 Head of Octavius; 7^everse, Two hands joined, and Moneyer's 

 name, C. VEIBEVS VAARVS. 



Interregnum, a.d. 68. — Aureus struck in Spain. Obverse, 

 MARS VLTOR, Head of Mars ; reverse, SIGN A P. R., Roman 

 Eagle between two Military Standards, and an Altar. From 

 the (V Amecourt Cabinet. 



Titus CcBsar. — A.D. 71-79. Aureus with reverse type, Con- 

 cordia seated. Extremely rare and interesting numismatically 

 as having been struck at Ephesus. From the d'Amecourt 

 Cabinet. 



Sept. Severus and Caracalla. — Aureus with heads of the 

 Emperor and his son on the obverse, and on the reverse a 

 Victory; commemorating the Parthian Campaign. 



Geta, CcBsar. — Aureus, a.d. 205-208, with reverse type, 

 Sept. Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, on horse- 

 back. 



Uranius Antoninus, A.D. 222 ? — An aureus with the re- 

 verse type SAECVL ARES AVGG, and a cippus inscribed COS I. 

 A unique and unpublished coin of an Emperor not mentioned 

 under this name by any historian. 



Uranius Antoninus. — Another aureus, also unpublished. 

 iieve7'8e, VICTORIA AVG, The acquisition of these two speci- 

 mens completes the series of the known coins of this Emperor. 

 No other Museum possesses them all. 



Diocletian and Maximian I. — Aureus with portraits of the 

 two Emperors. 



Constantine the Great.— A gold medallion struck at Ostia 

 with the Emperor as ' Princeps Juventutis ' on the reverse. 

 From the d'Amecourt Cabinet. 



0.125. Constantine 



