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ROMAN GOLD COINS FOUND AT CORBRIDGE. 299113-114. Obv. Similar to No. 108.. Samelegend. Hadrian on horseback advancingr. and 50r. raising hand.Wt. 111-7 grs. (2). Cohen, p. 140,406 (127 A.D.). [PL XVII. 9.]115. Obv. Similar to No. 108._ReVt COS ITT(in exergue).No. 107.Similar design toWt. 112-9 grs. Cohen, p. 141, 414(127 A.D.). [PI. XVII. 10.]116. Obv. Same legend. Bust of Hadrian r., bareheaded.ftev . COS11 1 P P Hadrian in military dressstanding 1., raising r. hand and holdingspear before him two, behind him one;standard surmounted respectively by a56wreath, a hand and an ensign.Wt. 110-4 grs. Cohen, p. 147, 485(130 A.D.). [PI. XVII. 11.]117. Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Drapedbust of Hadrian r., bare-headed.Rev. - IVSTITIA AVG Justitia seated 1., holdingpatera and sceptre. 57Wt. 112-0 grs. Yar. of Cohen, p. 180,878 (130 A.D.). [PI.XVII. 12.]55These two specimens are from different dies.58Cohen (loc. cit.)mentions only a specimen in Sig. Gnecchi's collection.There is, however, a duplicate from the same dies (obv. and rev.)in the British Museum.57Cohen (loc. cit.) records an aureus of similar design in the BritishMuseum, with bare head of Hadrian on the obverse. The presentexample has a draped bust on the obverse, and so constitutes a newvariety. The present piece and that in the British Museum are struckfrom the same reverse die.