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existed at that time, and were among the objects of ancient 

 art, that now engaged the attention of the learned ; but it does not 

 prove, that they did not exist long before. The very curious and 

 scarce work of Theseus Ambrosius itself has been just found in the 

 Library of Trinity College Dublin, where it had lain for centuries 

 unknown ; and, but for this recent and accidental discovery, his 

 valuable evidence would be wanting in the present enquiry : how 

 many rare works, of a similar kind and earlier date, illustrative of the 

 subject may yet be discovered, we cannot presume to say ; but, since 

 his time, the medals have been noticed and particularly described by 

 a series of writers to the present day. Assuredly then, what has been 

 thus already an object of interest and research to the learned 

 men of Europe, for more than 300 years, and which are now so 

 scarce, that but five genuine originals are known to exist, nmst be of 

 no small value in the estimation of a curious and learned enquirer. 



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