

1851.] Re?nar/cs on some lately -discovered Roman Gold Coins. 385 



10. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P. XL 

 IMP. P. P. COS. V. Head of Emperor. 



Rev. S. P. Q. R. P. P. ob. C. S. the foregoing is enclosed in a 

 wreath or garland. 



This would run. " Tiberius, Claudius, Caesar, Augustus, Pontifex 

 Maximus, Tribunitiae potestatis undecimo (anno) Imperator, Pater 

 Patriae, consulates quinto (anno). Senatus, populusque Romanus, Patri 

 Patriae ob cives servatos." The device of a civic crown is very fre- 

 quently met with. This was usually bestowed upon those who had 

 saved the life of a Roman citizen. The Senate in bestowing honours 

 upon Augustus decreed that a civic crown should be hung from the 

 top of his house, and this honour having been assumed by the later 

 Emperors a crown of oak leaves with ob cives servatos in the centre is 

 often found on the reverse of coins in those Imperial times. 



11. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CESAR. AVG. GERM. P. M. T. 

 R. P. Head of Emperor. 



Rev. EX. S. C. ob. Cives Servatos. Enclosed in wreath as above. 



Ex Senatus consulto began to be invariably used on coins in the reign 



of Augustus. A few Republican coins are found with the same initials. 



12. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. PVI. IMP. 

 XL Head of Emperor. 



Rev. S. P. Q. R. P. P. ob. C. S. encircled with wreath. 



13. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P. X. 

 IMP. P. P. Head of Emperor. 



Rev. PACI. AVGVSTiE. Winged figure of Victory. 



14. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P. Head 

 of Emperor. 



Rev. PR^ITOR RECEPT. 



Emblem of Concord representing two figures joining hands. 



15. Obv. TI. CLAVD. CESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. PVI. IMP. 

 XL Head of Emperor. 



Rev. DE. BRITANNI. 



Triumphal arch. Emperor mounted — with trophies. 



A most interesting coin — representing the arch erected by a decree 

 of the Senate to the Emperor Claudius on the final subjugation of 

 Britain. It was in the year 43, A. D. that the Emperor Claudius sent 

 over a large force to conquer the island, which he subsequently joined 

 himself, Vespasian, afterwards Emperor, being his second in com- 



