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Rome.-No. 3. First Brass of Severus Alexander. This coin, which, as well as all the others, is the size of the original, shews the diminution of the Sestertius.-No. 4, exhibits the follis of Diocletian. The same reverse frequently occurs on the coins of his successors.

PLATE V.

ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS.

Nos. 1, 2, and 3. Denarii of Domitian, Septimus, Severus, and Trajan Decius. No. 4. Small Brass of Marius. Some of the coins of Marius have " PACATOR ORBIS;" a fact scarcely to be accounted for, as he enjoyed his honours but three days.-No. 5. Small Brass of Allectus, Emperor of Britain in the time of Diocletian.-No. 6. Small Brass of Arcadius. A glance at this coin, and those of the Saxon princes in plate 6, will shew at once the prototype of the Saxon money.

PLATE VI.

COINS OF ENGLAND.

No. 1. An ancient British Coin of mixed metal.No. 2. A Saxon Skeatta.-No. 3. A Styca of Ethelred of Northumbria.-No. 4. A Penny of Alfred the Great.Nos. 5 and 6. Pennies of William I. and II.-Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10. Pennies of Henry I., Stephen, Henry III., (after his 32d year), and Edward I.

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PLATE VII.

COINS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.

No. 1. A Groat of Richard III.-No. 2. Penny of Henry VII.-No, 3. Side-faced Half-groat of Henry VII. -No. 4. Base Half-groat of Henry VIII.-No. 5. The Oxford Penny of Charles I.-Nos. 6 and 7. Siege Pieces of the time of Charles I.-No. 8. A Penny of William I. of Scotland. The coin from which the drawing is made was found in Pembrokeshire in the summer of 1829, and differs in type from the specimens of this monarch's money hitherto engraved.-No. 9. A Groat of David II. of Scotland.-No. 10. A Billon Farthing of James V. of Scotland.

The specimens above described are, with a few exceptions, in the author's collection.

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