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268 E. A. SYDENHAM.probably in honour <strong>of</strong> Livia, dated TR-POT-XXIIII,whereon she is represented as Pietas, Justitia, <strong>and</strong>Salus (Coh., Liv. 1, 4, 5),<strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> asses <strong>of</strong> DrususJunior, &c.Precisely <strong>the</strong> same boldness <strong>of</strong> treatment isseen in<strong>the</strong> following examples <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divus Augustus series,which may consequently be assigned to <strong>the</strong> periodfollowing <strong>the</strong> year A.D. 22.6. Obv. [Similar to preceding.] [PI. XI. 8.]#e0. PROVIDENT. Square altar between S-C.J& As (Coh. 228). Av. wt. 170 grains.7. Rev. S-C. Within a wreath <strong>of</strong> oak.JE 2 D (Coh. 252). Av. wt. 210 grains.Amongst <strong>the</strong> memorial coins <strong>of</strong> Class I should beincluded <strong>the</strong> as with <strong>the</strong> heads <strong>of</strong> Divus Augustus <strong>and</strong>Agrippa, althoughon account <strong>of</strong> Its unusual characterit st<strong>and</strong>s ra<strong>the</strong>r apart from <strong>the</strong> coins already described.8. Obv. Dl VVS AVGVSTVS PATER. Kadiate head<strong>of</strong> Augustus 1.Rev. M.AGRIPPA.L.F.COS-IH. Head <strong>of</strong> Agrippa L,with rostral crown.M* As (Coh., Aug. <strong>and</strong> Ag. 4).Cohen regards this remarkable coin as a " hybrid ".But I venture to suggest that <strong>the</strong> term hybrid is onlyapplicable to coins that are struck from two diesobviously unrelated to each o<strong>the</strong>r; thus involvingei<strong>the</strong>r an anachronism <strong>of</strong> type or a discrepancy in <strong>the</strong>legends. Such as may be seen, for example, in <strong>the</strong>small bronze bearing on <strong>the</strong> obverse <strong>the</strong> portrait <strong>and</strong>titles <strong>of</strong> Tiberius, but on <strong>the</strong> reverse <strong>the</strong> distinctivelyNeroniantype CER.Q.VINQ.ROM-CON. Certamen quinquennaleRomae conditum (Coh., Tib. 1).

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