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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XIX. 



Mr. H. W. Codrington afterwards obtained one in Kandy, 

 probably in the same shop. It was Honorius, No. 6. 



Kurunegala District. 



Somewhere in this district were found six coins of Roman 

 emperors. They are thick coins of billon, an alloy of copper 

 and silver. Struck at Alexandria, and bearing Greek inscrip- 

 tions, these coins are not strictly Roman. They are in fact 

 Roman colonial coins, and may as such find a place in this 

 Paper. They are as below : — 



Nero, No. 1. 

 Vespasian, Nos. 1, 



Trajan, Nos. 1, 2. 

 Marcus Aurelius, No. 1. 



Badulla. 



A fine copper coin bearing the head of Aurelian was found in 

 the Badulla river. Like the above it is a colonial coin, and 

 bears an inscription in Greek. 



In the Museum is a small copper coin of Arcadius, which 

 came from Badulla : — 



Aurelian, No. 1. I Arcadius, No. 5. 



III. — Detailed List of the Coins. 



The object of this list is to serve as a reference for collectors 

 who have not opportunities of seeing either collections of or 

 books on Roman coins. It also serves the purpose of showing 

 at a glance exactly what Roman coins have been found in 

 Ceylon. 



In a few instances it is rather doubtful whether a coin belongs 

 to the first or second emperor of the same name ; and 

 although care has been taken to avoid mistakes of this kind, 

 no claim is made to have attained absolute accuracy. 



The overlapping and apparent confusion of dates is explained 

 by the fact that there were often several rulers who shared 

 between them the Empire and the title of Emperor. For 

 instance, Gratianus I. shared his power with Valentinianus I. 

 and Valens, next with Valens and Valentinianus II., and finally 

 with Valentinianus II. and Theodosius I. 



