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KOMAN GOLD COINS FOUND AT COKBRIDGE. 28534. Obv. T CAES IMP VESP CENS (fromr. to 1.).Head <strong>of</strong> Titus r., laureate.Rev . PONTIF TRI POT (fromr. to 1.).Titusseated r., holding sceptre <strong>and</strong> branch.Wt. 111-6 grs. Cohen, p. 443, 168(73-75 A.D.). [PI. XIII. 11.]35. Obv. T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS (fromr. to 1.).Head <strong>of</strong> Titus r., laureate.Rev. COS V (in field). Heifer r. 20Wt. 109-8 grs. Cohen, p. 433, 53(76 A.D.). [PL XIII. 12.]36. Obv. T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS (fromr. to 1.).Head <strong>of</strong> Titus r., laureate.Rev. AETERNITAS Similar to Nos. 28-30. 21Wt. 111-3 grs. Cohen, 1st edition,p. 342, 1 (75-79 A.D.). [PI. XIII. 13.]37-38. Obv. T CAESAR VESPASIANVS (fromr. to 1.).Head <strong>of</strong> Titus r., laureate.Rev ANNONA AVG Annona seated 1., holdingears <strong>of</strong> corn (?)in r. h<strong>and</strong>, 1. arm resting onarm <strong>of</strong> chair. 22Wts. 110-2, 110-7 grs. Cohen, p. 430,16 (75-79 A.D.). [PL XIII. 14.]39. Obv. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M (fromr. to 1.).Head <strong>of</strong> Titus r., laureate.This type is known to Cohen only from <strong>the</strong> old catalogues <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Cabinet de France. <strong>The</strong>re is, however, a specimen in <strong>the</strong> BritishMuseum from <strong>the</strong> Koyal (Geo. III.) Collection. <strong>The</strong> heifer has beenrecognized as <strong>the</strong> masterpiece in bronze by Myron, which was placed in<strong>the</strong> Acropolis at A<strong>the</strong>ns <strong>and</strong> which later was brought to Rome byVespasian <strong>and</strong> placed in <strong>the</strong> Forum Pacis (B. M. Cat. : Bom. Coins,vol. ii. p. 543).21<strong>The</strong> reverse is from <strong>the</strong> same die as No. 30.22<strong>The</strong>se two specimens are from different dies.VOL. XII., SERIES IV.U

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