A FIND OF COINS AT TAEANTO. 268

As all the coins were comparatively fresh from the
mint when withdrawn from circulation, we shall not be
far wrong in fixing the approximate date of 210 B c.
for the deposit of this interesting little hoard. It was
doubtless at some time of sudden surprise, in those
stirring days, that the owner of this tesoretto had to
hide it where it was to remain so long undisturbed.

MICHAEL P. VLASTO.

P.S.—Since writing the above, and after this paper was
already in type, Cav. Aurelio Belleni of Taranto has given,
in the Bulletino Italiano di Numismatica (Mai3 1909), an
excellent short account of this hoard. My own conclusions
mostly coincide with those expressed by Cav. Belleni, although.
I somewhat differ from him as to the character of the standard
adopted.