[Footnote 38: This partition of the noble and baser metals
between the emperor and senate must, however, be adopted,
not as a positive fact, but as the probable opinion of the
best antiquaries, (see the Science des Medailles of the Pere
Joubert, tom. ii. p. 208 - 211, in the improved and scarce
edition of the Baron de la Bastie.)
Note: Dr Cardwell (Lecture on Ancient Coins, p. 70, et seq.)
assigns convincing reasons in support of this opinion. - M.]