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fac similes of two other coins, without the head of Christ, but with 

 Hebrew inscriptions ; which, he says, was the cotemporary shekel of 

 the unconverted Jews. 



No. 7. Is copied from Wagenseil and Surenhusius. — It is re- 

 markable, that the name is written with a final y agin, and there are 

 no letters on the obverse. The head is also turned to the right. 

 This medal Wagenseil considers very rare ; and asserts, that he had 

 seen but one at Vienna, with the Ambassador of the Elector 

 Palatine. 



No. 8. Is copied from Rowland's " Mona Antiqua." The original 



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was found at the cirque of Bringwn, in the year 1702. It was sent 

 by him, as a rare and valuable relique, to his friend Lluid, the 

 Archaiologist, who was, at that time, keeper of the Ashmole Museum 

 at Oxford ; but it was lost on the way by the carelessness of the 

 bearer, and never reached its destination. It was of silver, and, 

 through one of the letters near the edge, a hole was drilled or fretted, 

 perhaps for the purpose of suspension. There are no letters on the 

 obverse ; and it is further remarkable, that the name, like that of the 

 former, terminates with an y agin. One of the medals, now in the pos- 

 session of Dr. A. Clarke, seems to be a duplicate of this. It is of copper, 

 and weighs 740 grs. and is in beautiful preservation. The inscrip- 

 tion corresponds with those of Wagenseil and Surenhusius, of 

 whicli Rowland's is probably a corruption ; and is thus translated by 

 Dr. Clarke : " Jesus of Nazareth, Jehova and man united."* 



• I have received a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Hales of Killesandra, with whom I corres- 

 ponded on the subject of the medal, and he has suggested some remarks, which he has been so 

 obh'ging as to allow me to make use of. He supposes that the medal, of which a fac simile is 

 given in Rowland, was a clumsy copy from that given by Wagenseil and Surenhusius ; and that 

 the inscription was corrupted in the transcript. — " The second word is plainly a corrup. 

 " tion of "inrj^ ; and the fourth word of pripj*! ; the letter i, iod being dropt at the end of the 



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