144 ON KOMi-N KEMAIXS AT SOUTH SHIELDS, 



and sifted the ground, finding, as their reward, numberless arti- 

 cles. These they sell, for the highest prices they can obtain, to 

 those anxious to possess Roman relics ; and it is a matter of cer- 

 tainty that some of the men, who thus employ themselves, are 

 reaping a considerable harvest, as the fruit of their industry. 



SPECIAL LISTS 



OF AETICLES FOUND IN THE EOMAN STATION AT SOUTH SHIELD!?. 



I. COINS. 



For the following List of all the Emperors, Empresses, etc., 

 whose Coins have been found at South Shields, either during the 

 Special Excavations of 1875-1877, or previously, I am indebted 

 to 'Mr. Robert Blair, who has kindly added also the dates cor- 

 responding to each reign. These, it is scarcely necessary to 

 remark, are all A.D. 



NA31ES. DATES. 



b Consular (Quadriga type). 



b Consular (Antony's Legions). 



c ]S"ero 50-68. 



b Vespasian 69-79. 



a Doraitian 81-96. 



d Nerva 96-98. 



a Trajan 98-117. 



a Hadrian 117-138. 



a Antoninus Pius 138-161. 



a Faustina Senior (wife of preceding). 



b Marcus Aurelius 161-180. 



b Faustina Junior (wife of preceding). 



b Lucilla (wife of Lucius Verus). 



b Commodus 180-192. 



b Crispina (wife of preceding). 



b Septimius Severn s 193-21 1. 



a Julia Doninii (wife of preceding). 



a Curacallu 211-217. 



