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It was not unufual for the antients to apply the at- 
tributes of one deity to another on particular occa- 
sions. From whence one might be led to interpret 
this reprefentation of Apollo , or the Sun, with a 
whip, and a bandage over his eyes (the emblems of 
JuJlice') together with the two captives, as deferi- 
ptive of the punifhment denounced againft all, who 
fhould attempt to oppofe the government of Alleftus. 
And as the Roman coins do generally contain on 
their reverfe fomc devife relating to the times, in 
which they were made,- it feems not improbable 
from hence, as alfo from the legend, oriens av- 
g vst i, that this was (truck upon AlleEius s frit af- 
fuming the purple, after he had murthered Caraufius : 
lince upon others of his coins we meet with spes 
AVGVSTI, VIRTVS AYG VST I, PAX AVGVSTI, SALVS 
aygysti, and the like, as denoting the gradual fuc* 
cels of his affairs afterwards. An impreflion of this 
curious coin, which is now in the mufeum of Dr. 
Mead , is likewife given here (a). The place, where it 
was found, is marked in the plan by the letter p (b) j 
which of late years has gained the name of the 
Silver hill, becaufe more fiver coins have been found 
there, than in any other part of the city. And by 
the remaining ruins, which difeover themfelvcs up- 
on turning up the ground, it is fuppofed, that fomc 
large building flood anticntly upon that fpot. But 
great numbers of coins in all metals, and of all fizes, 
have likewife been found in feveral other places ; fo 
that 
(a) See Tab. IV. Fig. 5. 
(b) See Tab. III. 
