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304 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.JKey.AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG Pll F COS. Headof Marcus Aurelius r., bare. 66Wt. 112-2 grs. Var. of Cohen, p. 409,13 (140-144 A.D.). [PI.XVIII. 14.]141. Obv. Same legend. Draped and cuirassed bustof Antoninus Pius r., laureate.Rev. IOVI STATORI Jupiter standing facing,holding sceptre and thunderbolt.Wt. 111-0 grs. Cohen, p. 314, 459(140-144 A.D.). [PI. XVIII. 15.]142. Obv. ANTON IN VS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III!Head of Antoninus Pius 1.,laureate.Rev. LIB Illl(in exergue). Antoninus seated1. on platform ;before him stands Liber -alitas pouring money into the hands of asuppliant. 67Wt. 111-8 grs. Var. of Cohen, p. 318,494 (145-147 A.D.). [PI.XVIII. 16.]143-144. Obv. ANTON IN VS AVG PIVS P P Draped andcuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius r.,laureate.Rev. COS Illl Felicitas standing facing, looking681., holding Capricorn and caduceus.Wts. 112-7, 111-4 grs. Cohen, p. 296,250 (145-148 A.D.).[Pis. XVIII. 17 ;XIX. 1.]66Cohen (loc. cit.) records an aureus in the British Museum of similardesign, but having the bare head of Antoninus on the obverse. Thiscoin constitutes a new variety.67Cohen (loc. cit.) catalogues an aureus of this type in the Cabinet deFrance, having the laureate bust of Antoninus to right on the obverse.Specimens with a laureate head to right on the obverse are in theBritish Museum although unrecorded by Cohen. The Corbridgeexample supplies a new variety of obverse to this type.68These two specimens are from the same obverse die, but fromdifferent reverse dies. On the reverse of No. 144 (PI.XIX. 1) thecaduceus iswinged ;on the other specimen it is without wings.