406 On the Ancient Roman Coins. [Sept. 



Fig. 43. "J...VL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. Flavins Julius Con- 

 A. d. 330. 3 stantius. . .Nobilis Caesar. Head with plain band. 

 Reverse. GLORIA EXERCITVS. Two standards and martial 

 supporters : below . . cp . . 

 Weight 50 grs. 

 Comtantius was made Caesar by his father Constautine the Great, in 323. 

 A. D. 330.— FL IVL CONSTANT NOB C 



GLORI.EEXERCITVS. Below, cmb. Standards. 

 There are two or three coins of similar device. 

 It is difficult to say, whether the last two are coins of Comtantius, or of his 

 brother Constans : both having the same names FL. IVL. The coins of Coustantine 

 and his family are extremely numerous, and have nothing to mark their precise 

 dates. Bandurius arranges them alphabetically, according to the legends on the 

 reverse. 



a. d. 337. — DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG- Head with ornamen- 

 tal wreath. 

 Reverse. FEL TEMP REPAR... .Below illegible. 

 Type. A captive thrown from his horse, is pierced by the spear of 



a Roman soldier. 

 The device of this small coin is very neatly executed. 



Pi a- 44 "} 



a ~\ tDN VALENS P F AVG. Head with plain band. 

 A. d. 364. 3 



Reverse. SECVRITAS REIPVBLIC^E indistinct. Victory step- 

 ping forward : on the face sp ; below asiscl. 

 This coin is described by Mediobarbus, 506. Valens was put in charge of the 

 western empire by bis brother Valentinianus in the year 364. 



Fig. 45. 7 * 



ono c •• ..DOSIV9 pp.. Head with star on the right. 

 A. D. 393* 3 ° 



Reverse. GLORIA ROMANORVM. Three figures standing, 



armed with spears. Med. 519. 



Mediobarbus supposes the three figures to be the Emperor Theodosius, with 



Arcadius and Honorius, his 60ns, imploring the divine aid on their expedition to 



Italy : the coin is rare ; it was found at Makabalipuram, along with several others, 



bearing the same device, but of a smaller size. They belonged to Col. Mackenzie's 



cabinet. 



Weight 30 grs. ; the ofto\ov. 



Fig. 46. 



? TH E O . . • . Head of the Emperor Theodosius much worn. 



A. d. 379,395 



Reverse. Illegible. Victory crowning the Emperor. 



Fig. 47. 

 a. d. 403. 



• VS PF AVG. Head of Arcadius ? 



VIRTVS The Prince receiving a crown of laurel 



from Victory. 





