REPLIES TO NUMISMATIC QUERIES

I beg to offer the following remarks in reply to the numismatic queries of E. S. T. (Vol. i., p. 468.):— 1. I can only account for the Macedonian coin being struck in lead, by supposing it to be the work of an ancient forger. 2. Third brass coins of Tiberius are not uncommon; I have one in my cabinet of the sort described. Obv. head of Tiberius, TI. CAESAR. DIVI. AVG. F. AVGVSTVS; Rev. the altar of Lyons, ROM. ET. AVG. 3. The coin of Herennia Etruscilla is probably a base or plated denarius, the silver having been worn off. Silver coins sometimes acquire a black tarnish, so that they are not t…