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THE MINT OF LUGDUNUM. 8122-33) is characterized by great activity on the partof the senatorial mint of Rome in consequence of thediscontinuance of the imperial bronze of Lugdunum.Sestertii as well as dupondii and asses were issued, andtheir style shows a marked improvement on that of theearlier coins. The heads are in high relief and wellmodelled, and great care isexpended on the formationof the lettering.26In the last period of the reign(A.D. 34-7) we find a significant change. "While thehigher denominations, i.e. sestertii and dupondii, continuethe finer style, and in some cases reproduce thetypes of the coinage of A.D. 22 seq.,a number of assesexhibit a flat style and somewhat irregular form oflettering. It is very difficult to account for thisdifference of style in senatorial coins of the same dateunless we assume that two mints were employed intheir production. The sestertii of A.D. 34-7 unquestionablybelong to Rome, and we may reasonablyconclude that the asses should be assigned to Lugdunum.That is to say, they may be regarded as the earliestexamples of senatorial coins struck at the mint ofLugdunum working as auxiliary to that of Rome.(2) The gold and silver coins of Tiberius are practicallyuniform as regards style and fabric, and belong,as we have already shown, entirely to the imperialmint of Lugdunum. Of these the most regular andcontinuous are the gold quinarii with reverse type ofVictory seated, bearing dates rangingfrom A.D. 15 to20Note, for example, Civitatibus Asiae restitutis M l(Coh. 3) ;Pontif. Maxim., &c., M* As (Coh. 19, 24, 25) ;Clementiae M* D(Coh. 4) ;Moderationi JE? D (Coh. 5) ; Divus Augustus JE 1 (Coh.,Aug. 309); M* D (Coh. 252) ;&* As (Coh. 228) ; Pietas, lustitia, Salus(Livia ?) M* D (Coh., Liv. 1, 4, 5) ; Drusus lunr. JE 1 (Coh., Drusus 1)A] 3 As (Coh. 2), &c.SUMI8M. CHEON., VOL. XVII, SERIES IV.Q