No. 58. — 1907.] ROMAN COINS. 



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ROMAN COINS FOUND IN CEYLON. 



By John Still. 



All information I have been able to gather is embodied in 

 this Paper. At the same time no claim is made to have 

 exhausted the subject. Doubtless some references have been 

 overlooked, and probably many coins remain unidentified in 

 the hands of collectors. It is to be hoped that these gaps in 

 the record will be filled in by those who , possessing information, 

 read this Paper and notice omissions. 



I have much pleasure in gratefully acknowledging help from 

 the following gentlemen, without whose courtesy this list 

 would have been far shorter than it is : — Messrs. H. C. P. Bell, 

 A. E. Buiiltjens, H. W. Codrington, C. M. Fernando, J. P. 

 Lewis, P. E. Pieris, CD. Vigors, R. Wickremesinghe, and the 

 Colombo Museum authorities. Most particularly Mr. Bell has 

 opened to me many sources of information. 



This Paper has for convenience been divided into three 

 portions, viz. : — 



I. — General Remarks and Conclusions. 



II. — Description of the Finds. 



III. — Detailed List of the Coins. 



I. — General Remarks and Conclusions. 



The Roman coins found in Ceylon, although of but little 

 value and numbering few that are rare in Europe, occupy a 

 position of peculiar interest in the numismatic history of the 

 Island. 



To show clearly how important they are, it is necessary, for 

 the benefit of those who have not made a special study of 

 Ceylon numismatics , to very shortly describe the large variety 



