400 On the Ancient Roman Coins. [Sept- 



Tiberius, in honor of his apeotheosis, resemble it most ; but the wreath in them 

 was of oak, the inscription DIVVS AVGVSTVS. 



B. c. 40, 1 CESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT. 



A. d. 19. 5 Head of Augustus without the laurel. 



Reverse. S.C. encircled by in. VIRAAAFFP. LVRIVS AG- 



RIPPA. 

 This is one of the coins denominated nummi monetales, bearing the name of 

 the mint-master of the time, Lurius Agrippa. There were three prefects or mo- 

 neyCrs in the Roman cerarium, one for each of the precious metals ; as explained 

 hy the insci'iption Triviri Aeris Argenti Aurique Flandi Feriundi curam habnere. 

 They were chosen from the members of the senate, and the names of nearly fifty 

 mint-masters of those ancient times have been faithfully preserved on the coins of 

 Augustus alone. A similar coin is depicted in the Edin. Encyc. Numism.YX. cccxx. 



Fig.% | .. ..ESARDIVIAVGFAVGVS...Head of Tiberius 

 k- d. 15. $ Caesar facing the left. 



Reverse, ..BVN POTEST XVII. PONT IF MA-. .In area S.C, 

 Type. A female figure seated, holding in one hand a cup, and 



in the other the hasta pura y or blunt spear. 

 Weight 165 grs. Copper ; much worn. 

 This is known to belong to Tiberius from bearing his title of Divi Augusti filius . 

 It agrees with a coin described in Mediobarbus, 64. 



A. d. 84. — Legend illegible, head recognizable as that of Vespasian. 

 Reverse. S C, below ftOMA. 

 Type. A square frame, — the gate of a temple ? 



Fig. 4. ">MPTRAIANO AVG. GER. DACPM. Headofthe 

 A. D. 107. 5 emperor. 

 Reverse. Optimo priN CIPI. Most of the inscription effaced. 

 Type. Emperor standing with sceptre in left hand ; right hand 



outstretched to a suppliant figure at his feet. In 

 area S C. 

 Weight 368 grains. Brass sestertius — H. H. Wilson. Med. 157. 

 Trajan assumed the title of Dacius upon the reduction of Dacia, and its forma- 

 tion into a Roman province, A. D. 106. The type probably refers to the reduction 

 of an insurrection on the following year. 



Fig. 5. iHADRIANVS AVG COS III.. .Well executed 

 A. d. 137. } head. 

 Type. Figure of Victory holding a branch; no legend. S C on the 



area. 

 Weight 465 grains. Brass sestertius. 

 Mediobarbus explains, that coins of the emperor Hadrian, bearing only S C on 

 the reverse, belong to the year A.V.C. 890, or A. D. 137. 



Fig. 6. 

 A. D. 137. 



, ? hao R I A N V S • • • Head similar to the last. 



