Note 39 — VI THE COINAGE OF SOUTHERN INDIA
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In 1850 a large number of Roman aurei, amounting, it is said, to five coolie loads, were unearthed near Kannanur: most emperors between Augustus, 29 B.C., and Antoninus Pius, A.D. 161, were represented. Cf. “Remarks on Some Lately Discovered Roman Coins,” J.A.S.B., 1851, p. 371.