Description of Plate XXV.

DIAGRAMS OF COINS OR MEDALS.

1. Obverse:—Head of Titus.

Legend:—VESP. GENS. T. CAES. IMP.

Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with Meta Sudans to the left, and double colonnade to the right. (Same as No. 1, Plate [XXIV.])

2. Obverse:—Head of Domitian, with legend, IMP. CAES. DOMIT. AVG. GERM. P.M. TRP. XIIII.

Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with Meta Sudans and colonnade, probably of aqueduct from the Cœlian.

3. Obverse:—Head of Alexander Severus (same as No. 3, Plate [XXIV.]), with legend, IMP. CAES. M. AVR. SEV. ALEXANDER. AVG.

Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with group of figures on the left, and a small building on the right (castellum aquæ?).

4. Obverse:—Head of Gordianus III.

Legend:—IMP. GORDIANVS. PIVS. FELIX. AVG.

Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with a colossus and a building.

Legend:—MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI. AVG.

THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XXVI.

A ROMAN GALLEY ON A CRADLE FOR LAUNCHING.

COLOSSEUM—A ROMAN GALLEY ON A CRADLE FOR LAUNCHING