No. 58.— 1907.] 



ROMAN COINS. 



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the inscription, for though the heads, when well preserved, can 

 be recognized as portraits, one head diademed right is very like 

 another, while in the majority of cases the reverse is of a 

 pattern common to the coins of several Emperors. 



Finally, before proceeding in Part II. to detailed descrip- 

 tion, I give a list of the Emperors and Caesars whose coins have 

 been found in Ceylon : — 



1. 



Claudius I. or II., 49-54 



14. 



Crispus, 317-326 a.d. 





a.d. or 268-270 a.d.* 



15. 



Constantinus II., 335-340 



2. 



Nero, 54-68 a.d. 





A.D. 



3. 



Vespasianus, 70-79 a.d. 



16. 



Constans, 337-350 a.d. 



4. 



Trajanus, 98-117 a.d. 



17. 



Constantius II., 337-361 



5. 



Antoninus, 138-161 a.d. 





A.D. 



6. 



Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 



18. 



Constantius Gallus, 351- 





A.D. 





354 a.d. 



7. 



Geta, 209-212 a.d. 



19. 



Julianus II., 358-362 a.d. 



8. 



Aurelianus, 270-275 a.d. 



20. 



Helena, 360 a.d. 



9. 



Maximianus II., 292-311 



21. 



Valens, 364-378 a.d. 





A.D. 



22. 



Gratianus, 375-383 a.d, 



10. 



Maximinus II., 308-313 



23. 



Valentinianus II., 375- 





A.D. 





392 a.d. 



11. 



Licinius I., 307-324 a.d. 



24. 



TheodosiusI.,379-395 a.d 



12. 



Licinius II., 317-323 a.d. 



25. 



Victor, 383-388 a.d. 



13. 



Constantinus I., 306-337 



26. 



Arcadius, 395-408 a.d. 





A.D. 



27. 



Honorius, 394-423 a.d. 



II. — Description of the Finds. 

 Mantota. 



I am indebted to Mr. P. E. Pieris for this passage from 

 De Couto : — 



" For in the year of our Lord 1574 or 1575, when Joao de 

 Mello de Sampaio was Captain of Manar, while some buildings 

 on the opposite shore, called the district of Matota — where 

 to-day great ruins of Roman masonry may still be seen — were 

 being pulled down, the workmen who were digging up a rock 



* This is a most doubtful identification. See under Mannar. 

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