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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. XIX. 



Colombo (Pettah). 



Mr. H. C. P. Bell has at different times picked up Roman 

 coins in various shops in the Pettah , Colombo. Of course , being 

 found in the bazaar of a great cosmopolitan city, there is 

 always the possibility of their having been imported in some 

 way or other, but it is best, I think, to include them among 

 the Ceylon finds. The first is a beautifully struck silver coin 

 of Greta, there are several of the ordinary small brass of the 

 4th century, and finally a most interesting find of exactly the 

 same type as the Naimana coins. 



Get a, No. 1 



Geta, No. 1 i AT . , 



} Naimana type, 

 Arcadius, No. 3 S 



Balapitiya. 



In 1896 finds of Roman coins were made on two of the little 

 islets in the Madu-ganga. The larger find was on Peruma- 

 marakkala-duwa, and is said to have aggregated about 13 lb. 

 This, taking the average of the coins I have examined, would 

 amount to some 5,800 coins. It was rumoured at the time 

 that there were gold and silver coins in the hoard, but none 

 ever came to light. 



Mr. H. C. P. Bell secured some 250 of the coins, and has 

 kindly allowed me to examine them. The majority are 

 very much corroded, but the following are legible : — 



Constantinus I., No. 4. Theodosius I., Nos. 1, 5. 



Constans, Nos. 4, 5. « Arcadius, Nos. 3, 6, 7. 



Constantius II., Nos. 1, 2. Honorius, Nos. 1, 3, 4. 

 Valentinianus II., No. 2. 



The second find was on the island named Gonaduwa. 

 Its numbers I do not know further than that it was described 

 asa" large quantity." 



Of Mr. Bell's twenty- two specimens, the only legible one is 

 Arcadius No. 2. 



Bouregoda. 



This is a small village near Weragoda in the Southern Pro- 

 vince. In 1888 some villagers digging a grave came upon 



