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ROMAN GOLD COINS FOUND AT CORBRIDGE. 29167-70. Obv. Similar.Bev.COS .V.P.P.S-P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCCeres standing 1., holding ears of corn andtorch. 3671. Obv. Similar.Wts. 111-8, 109-6, 112-0, 111-4 grs.Cohen, p. 25, 65 (104-111 A.D.).[PL XV. 6, 7.]Rev.COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC (infourlines) within oak wreath.Wt. 111-6 grs. Cohen, p. 28, 101 (104-111 A.D.). [PI. XV. 8.]72. Ofo. Similar.Rev. COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC Inexergue ALIM ITAL Trajan standing 1.,distributing food to two children.Wt. 109-6 grs. Cohen, p. 19, 15 (104-111 A.D.). [PL XV. 9.]73-74. Obv. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COSV P P Draped and cuirassed bust ofTrajan r., laureate.Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI (in three37lines) within oak wreath.Wts. 111-5, 110-0 grs. Cohen, p. 78,581 (104-111 A.D.). [PL XV. 10.]36These four specimens are all from different dies. They exhibittwo varieties of lettering on the obverse, viz. : IMP TRAIANO AVGGER DAC P M TR P (on Nos. 68 and 69) and IMP TRAIANO AVGGER DAC P M TR P (on Nos. 67 and 70). Cohen takes his descriptionfrom Caylus. The type is, however, represented in the BritishMuseum.37These two coins are from different dies.