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ROMAN GOLD COINS FOUND AT CORBRIDGE. 307Jtev. No inscription. Temple-front with sixcolumns and door in centre, a flight offive steps leading up to it at each corner;of the pediment a caryatid, and at itsapex a quadriga ; figures in the pediment.Wt. 111-0 grs. Cohen, p. 441, 316(141-156 A.D.). [PI. XIX. 9.]153. Obv. Similar.Rev. AETERNITAS Aeternitas standing 1.,holdingglobe and sceptre. 72Wt. 112-7 grs. Var. of Cohen, p. 415,35 (141-156 A.D.). [PL XIX. 10.]bust of Faus-154. Olv. DIVA FAVSTINA Drapedtina I r.155. Obv. Similar.Rev. AVGVSTA Female figure (Fortune) standing1., holding patera and rudder restingon globe.Wt. 112-0 grs. Cohen, 1st edition,p. 427, 43 (141-156 A.D.).[PI. XIX. 11.]Rev. Same legend. Ceres standing 1., holdingtorch and sceptre.Wt. 109-5 grs. Cohen, p. 420, 95(141-156 A.D.). [PI. XIX. 12.]156. Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA Draped bust of Faustina I1., veiled and diademed.Rev. Similar to No. 155. 73Wt. 109-3 grs. Cohen, p. 421, 98(141-161 A.D.). [PL XIX. 13.]72Cohen (p. 415, 34) records this type in silver. Aurei with thisobverse type have been hitherto unrecorded. Cohen (ibid., 35) gives aspecimen in the Cabinet de France with veiled bust of Faustina on theobverse, and there is one in the British Museum.73This coin is known to Cohen only through Caylus.