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From a comparison of all those it would appear, that the medals 

 were struck from six different dies ; as may be seen by an examina- 

 tion of the prefixed plate. 



No. 1, Represents the medal in my collection, which has been 

 submitted to the inspection of the Academy. It is copied by Mr. 

 Grattan, an ingenious Dublin artist ; but, tliough a very fine head, 

 does not exactly represent the profound melancholy so exquisitely 

 expressed in the original ; with which the artist was so struck, that 

 he requested to take a copy as a study for his own gratification and 

 improvement. 



No. 2, Is a fac simile of the Cork medal, copied by the same 

 artist. 



No. 3, Is copied from Waserus. A similar one is given by Al- 

 stedius very coarsely finished. On the observe of both, the (>f aleph 

 is wanting, and the head is turned to the left. On the reverse, the 

 shape of the letters and their arrangement, though different from 

 all the rest, are exactly similar in each. 



No. 4, Is copied from Hottinger. It is smaller than any of the 

 rest; though it does not appear, from any circumstance of the 

 description, that the size has been attended to. The engraving is 

 very coarse, and the character of the countenance badly expressed. 



No. 5, Is copied from Wagenseil. One exactly resembling it 

 is given by Siu'enhusius, who quotes Wagenseil ; and it is evi- 

 dent, from the size of the /ac siwu'/es, the form of tlie letters, and 

 lieir disposition on both sides of the medal, that thev are intended 

 to represent an original exactly similar to Mr. Corlett's, one of Dr. 

 A. Clark's, and mine. 



No. 6, Is copied from Leusden. The plate from which it is taken 

 is extremely coarse. He supposes it was a siclas or shekel in circu • 

 lation among the early Jewish converts to Christianity ; and gives 



