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

Description of Plate XXVI.