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288 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.Rev. P M TR P COS II P P Fortunest<strong>and</strong>ing 1., holding rudder on prow <strong>of</strong>vessel in r. h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> cornucopiae in 1.Wt. 110-9. Cohen, p. 40, 205 (98-99A.D.). [PI. XIV. 7.]50. Obv. Same legend. Bust <strong>of</strong> Trajan r., laureate.Rev . p M TR P COS M P P Germania. -seated 1. on pile <strong>of</strong> shields, holding olivebranchin r. h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> resting1. arm onshield.Wt. 113-9. Cohen, p. 40, 207 (98-99A.D.). [PL XIV. 8.]51. Obv. Similar to No. 50.Rev . p . MTR P COS Til . P P Herculesst<strong>and</strong>ing facing on a cippus, holding club<strong>and</strong> lion-skin.Wt. 111-4.52. Obv. Similar to No. 49.*Rev. P - MCohen, p. 41, 215 (100 A.D.).[PL XIV. 9.]TR P COS III -P . P Similar.Wt. 111-1.53-55. Obv. Similar to No. 50.Cohen, p. 41, 215 (100 A.D.).[PL XIV. 10.]Rev P M TR P COS INI P P Similarto Nos. 51 <strong>and</strong> 52. 28Wts. 107-0, 105-3, 110-4. Cohen, p. 43,232 (100-103 A.D.). [PL XIV. 11, 12.]27In <strong>the</strong> present catalogue <strong>the</strong> portrait on <strong>the</strong> obverse is describedas bust when <strong>the</strong> folds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> toga (sometimes described by Cohen as<strong>the</strong> aegis) are seen over <strong>the</strong> left shoulder, <strong>and</strong> as head where <strong>the</strong> draperyis absent. Cohen gives this type with head only on <strong>the</strong> obverse. <strong>The</strong>present hoard furnishes examples both <strong>of</strong> head (No. 52) <strong>and</strong> bust(No. 51).is<strong>The</strong>se specimens are from different dies, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> reverses showminor varieties <strong>of</strong> lettering, namelyP M TR P COS III!-P P (No. 53),P M TR P . COS Illl P P (No. 54).P M TR P COS Illl P P (No. 55).

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