The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

COINAGE AND CURRENCY IN ROMAN BRITAIN. 471
3. Victor. (OZw. DN FL VICTOR PF AVC :
same
type.) In ex. of reverse TRPS (Treves).
See No. 88 above. Wt. 1-54 grm. Mod. 14-5 mm.
PI. XX, Fig. 12.
D. VIRTVS ROMANORVM Borne seated to 1. hold-
ing Victory and spear.
1. Honorius. (Obv. DN HONORIVS PF AVC: as
preceding.) In ex. of reverse MDPS (Milan).
In my Collection. Cf. No. 92 above. Wt. 0-75 grm.
Mod. 13 mm. 47
PI. XX, Fig. 13.
E. VOT X MVLT X in wreath.
1. Honorius. (Obv. Draped bust to r.) In ex. of reverse
MDPS (Milan).
B. M. ; Coleraine Hoard. Perhaps very slightly
clipped. Wt. 1-068 grm. Mod. 15 mm.
We have here then a class of small silver pieces
which both in the range of their weight and module
come well below the siliqua standard. Their average
weight is 1-126 grammes as compared with about
2 grammes. Their weight ranges from 0-750 to 1-540 as
compared with about 1-6 to 2-4 grammes. Their average
module is about 14-5 mm. with a range of from 13 to 16.
That of the siliqua, according to my own researches,
averages 17-5 mm., and its range is from 16 to 19-5.
It will be seen that the coins of this class might
easily pass for \ siliquae of somewhat full weight, and
as such it may be convenient to regard them. So far
* 7 The reverse of this coin is from a die of the ordinary siliqua
module, so that there was no room for the outer circumference
of the inscription on the flan. Coins of Arcadius (wt. 1-05 grm.)
and of Honorius (wt. 0-98 grm.), both of the VIRTVS
ROMANORVM type and from the Milan mint, and 16 mm.
in diam., may perhaps be regarded as examples of debased siliquae.