No. 58.— 1907.] 



ROMAN COINS. 



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me to examine. Unfortunately they are quite illegible, but 

 they undoubtedly belong to the same period as do the 

 bulk of those described, i.e., between Constantine I. and 

 Honorius. 



Hendala. 



At Hendala, at the mouth of the Kelani-ganga, was found a 

 Roman coin with the full face head of a young Emperor. The 

 reverse is a winged Victory bearing a long cross. I think the 

 coin belongs to either Arcadius or Theodosius II. 



Colombo. 



In 1889 a large find of nearly 300 coins was made in Colombo, 

 in or near the Military Cemetery, and was sent to Mr. 

 H. C. P. Bell for identification. 



Mr. Bell's identification and notes appeared in the " Ceylon 

 Literary Register " in November, 1891 ; and from there I 

 have taken over their descriptions and added them to my 

 list. They include the following : — 



Crispus, No. 1. 

 Constantinus II., Nos. 2, 3. 

 Constans, Nos. 1, 2, 3. 

 Constantius II., Nos. 1, 2, 

 3, 4. 



Constantius Gallus, No. 1. 

 Valentinianus II., Nos. 1, 2, 4. 

 Theodosius I., Nos. 3, 4, 5. 

 Arcadius, Nos. 3, 6, 7. 

 Honorius, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Colombo (Oalle Face). 



In 1887, while the Galle Face battery was being built by 

 prison labour, several hundred Roman coins were turned up. 

 Little trouble seems to have been taken to collect them, but 

 there are a few specimens in the Colombo Museum, and both 

 Mr. H. C. P. Bell and Mr. C. D. Vigors have kindly allowed 

 me to see specimens they secured. All are of precisely the 

 same period as the majority of the finds, and they include 

 the following : — 



Constantius II., No. 1. 

 Valentinianus II., No. 1. 

 Theodosius I. , No. 6. 



Arcadius, No. 7. 

 Honorius, Nos. 2, 3. 



