RHINOCEROS. 
mg an author who has committed himself so pal- 
pably in his figure of the two-horned rhinoceros ; 
yet, as the account of the animal which he has given 
us has been partly confirmed, we thought it our 
duty to avail ourselves of the information it affords. 
This rare coin, on which the representation of the 
two-horned rhinoceros is impressed, has the following le- 
gend on the reverse : imp. domit. avg. germ, with the 
letters s. c. (reversed by the engraver), which should be 
read, Imperator Dotnitianus. Augustus Germanicus. Se- 
natus Consulto. ; implying that the coin was struck during 
the government of the emperor Domitiart, by the decree or 
authority of the senate, which had hitherto retained the re- 
publican power of presiding over the coinage of brass or 
copper* 
The coin is of the smallest size in which Roman copper 
coins of the same sera are usually found, and the figure 
of the animal is stamped upon it in a clear and distinct 
manner, so that each of the horns is accurately marked. 
It is indeed improbable, that a rhinoceros without such a 
distinction would have been so rare an animal in a Roman 
amphitheatre, as to be made the subject of a coin. There 
