VIL. PVB. Villa Publica. VIRT. Virtus. VN. MR. Venerandæ Memoriæ. VOT. X. MVLT. XX. Votis Decennalibus Multiplicatis Vicennalibus. x. Decem, Denarius. XV. VIR. SACR. FAC. Quindecim Vir Sacris Faciundis. ABBREVIATIONS ON THE EXERGUE.* A. OFFICINA Prima. ALE. Alexandria. AMB. Antiochensis Moneta Secundæ Officinæ. AN. ANT. ANTI. Antiochia. ANB. Antiochiæ Secunda Officina; or ANH. Antio chæ Octava Officina. AP. L. (In Officina) Prima percussa Lugduni. AQ. AQUL. Aquileie. AQ. O. B. F. Aquileia Officinæ Secundæ Fabrica. AQ. P. S. Aquileia Pecunia Signata. AQ. S. Aquileiæ Signata. A. AR. ARL. Arelate. A. SISC. Prima (in Officina) Sisciæ. * The exergue of a coin is that part which is divided from the field by a line upon which the figures of the reverse stand. B. S. L. c. Secunda Signata Lugduni. co. Constantinopoli Nona. COMOв. Conflata Moneta Obryzo. Only on gold, or silver from a gold dye. CON. Constantinopoli. CONOB. Conflata Obryzo. Only on gold. CONS. Constantinopoli. KART. Carthago. K. o. Carthaginensis Officina. L. LC. LVC. LVG. Lucduni, Lugduni. L. LON. Londini. L. P. Lugdunensis vel Londinensis Pecunia LVG. P. S. Lugduni Pecunia Signata. MDPS. Mediolani Pecunia Signata. M. K. V. T. Moneta Kartaginensis Urbis (in officina) Tertia. M. L. Moneta Lugdunensis vel Londinensis. MOSTT. Moneta Officinæ Secundæ Treverorum. o. Officina. OFF. III. CONST. Officina Tertia Constantinopoli. PLON.* Pecunia Londinensis. PLVG. Pecunia Lugdunensis. P. R. Pecunia Romana, or Percussa Romæ. * These letters frequently occur on the exergue of the coins of Constantine the Great. But a recent numismatic author asserts, in direct contradiction to the venerable Camden, that the coins of that Emperor have not such letters. P. T. Pecunia Treverensis. Q. AR. Quincta Arelatensis (officina). R. RO. ROM. Romæ. RA. Ravennæ. ROPS. Romæ Pecunia Signata. S. AR. Signata Arelate. S. CONST. Signata Constantinopoli. SS. P. Sisciensis Pecunia. SISC. v. Siscia Urbis. SMA. Signata Moneta Antiochiæ. TESOB. Tessalonicæ Officina Secunda. TR. Treveris. TROB. Treveris Officina Secunda. A LIST OF ROMAN COLONIES OF WHICH COINS REMAIN. ABDERA in Spain Acci in Spain Berytus in Phoenicia Bracara Augusta in Buthrotum in Epirus Calagurris in Spain Calpe in Spain Camudolanum in Britain Carrhæ in Mesopotamia Carteia in Spain Carthago in Africa Cassandria in Macedon Celsa in Spain Clunia in Spain Coillu in Numidia Dium in Macedon Emesa in Phoenicia Hadrumetum in Africa Obulco in Spain Olba in Pamphylia Pella in Macedon Sabaria in Hungary Saguntum in Spain Sebaste in Palestine Segobriga in Spain Sidon in Phoenicia Singara in Mesopotamia Sinope in Pontus Stobi in Macedon Tarraco in Spain Thessalonica in Mace don Traducta (Julia) in Spain Valentia in Spain Viminacium in Moesia Utica in Africa. |