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19On this specimen the shield is blank, the die having been blurred ,284 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.28-30. Obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG (fromr. to1.).Head of Vespasian 1., laureate.fteVf AETERN ITAS Aeternitas standing 1., holdingheads of Sol and Luna, before her feet a17lighted altar.Wts. 109-6, 109-3, 108-5 grs. Cohen,p. 370, 23 (75-79 A.D.). [PI. XIII. 7.]31. Obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG (fromr. to1.).Head of Vespasian r., laureate.fteVt jR POT X COS Vllll Woman with muralcrown, standing r., holding spear and fruit.18Wt. 110-4 grs. Cohen, p. 411, 557(78 A.D.). [PL XIII. 8.]32. Obv. DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS (fromr. to1.).Head of Vespasian r., laureate.Rev. EX (in field) ;SC on buckler leaning againstfunereal column surmounted by an urn, oneach side a palm-branch.19Wt. 113-0 grs. Cohen, p. 378, 148(79 A.D.). [PI. XIII. 9.]TITUS.71-81 A.D.33. Obv. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Head ofTitus r., laureate.jjev._VlC AVG (in field). Similar to No. 24.Wt. 109-3 grs. Cohen, p. 457, 352(72-73 A.D.). [PI. XIII. 10.]17The reverses of Nos. 28, 29, are from the same die, but all threespecimens are from the same obverse die. Cohen (loc. cit.) cites anexample from the Trouvaille du Lycte Napoleon. There is also aspecimen in the British Museum, and another in the Valton Collection(Rev. Num., 1912, p. 9).18Cohen (loc. cit.) takes his description of this type from Caylus.or rather, the letters have been effaced by wear.