402 On the Ancient Roman Coins. [Sept. 



Fig. 13. "J..CARCINIA T..KUA. ? Face imperfect and illegible 

 a. d. ? 3 legend. I.. .A. Female figure standing. 



Fig. 3. "JIMP CLAVDIVS AVG. Emperor's head in radi- 

 A. d. 268. 5 ated crown. 

 Reverse. VIRTVS AVG. 

 Type. A soldier standing on the prow of a vessel, holding a 



branch in the right hand ; in the left, a spear. 

 Weight 55 grains. Copper, denarius &ris. 



Ditto* Another coin similar to the last, having on the reverse 



MQ VITAS, with the figure of Justice holding a ba- 

 lance. 

 These coins were inserted in Plate I. under the impression that they belonged 

 to Tiberius Claudius. It requires however but little knowledge of medals to per- 

 ceive that they belong to Claudius Gothicus, who succeeded Gallienus. 



Fig. 7. ~i ..ICTORINUS PP AVG. Head with radiated 

 A. d.268. 3 crown. 

 Reverse. Illegible. Figure of Sol with r. h. outstretched. 



Weight 35 grs. Copper. 



This is a coin of M. Aurel, Victorinus, who was associated in the empire with 

 Posthumus Senior ; he killed the latter along with two other i-ivals, and reigned 

 himself for six years. 



A. D. 270. 5 



Reverse. SALUS AVG. Female offering a cake to a serpent near 

 an altar. 



A coin of C. Fesuvius Telricus, Proeses of Gaul, under Aurelian, and nominated 

 colleague in Italy with him. 



Fig. 11. 7 



Q(TK (AKA AOM AYPHMANOC . . • .emperor's head. 



A. D. Zl O. 3 



Reverse. L E (an. 5) with the head probably of Jupiter or Apollo: 

 but belonging to a die of inferior size. 



An Egyptian coin of Imp, Cces. Luc. Domic. Aurelianus Aug. described in 

 Bandurius I. 387. 



The coins of the Roman Emperors bearing Greek inscriptions are of two kinds : 

 those of the Grecian cities, provinces, and colonies had generally the name 

 or insignia of the town where they were fabricated on the reverse, without any 

 date : those coined in Egypt (at Alexandria), had invariably the date or year of the 

 reign, in alphabetic numerals, on the reverse, with various devices, but no legend 

 or epigraph. Some of them have a letter A or A below the type, supposed to 

 designate the town or mint. It is necessary to bear in mind, that the numerals 

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 20 30 40 50, &c. were represented in Greek by 

 ABTAE2ZH0I IAKAMN. The ancient form of the Greek 

 lambda L is supposed to stand for XvnafSavros, anno {current e) : sometimes, and 



Fig. 12. 



IMP C TET PF AVG. Radiated head. 



