252 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



to Judas as the price of his perfidy in betraying 

 our Saviour. It has on one fide the figure of 

 Aaron's rod, with this inscription, Jeroucha- 

 laim Hakkedoucha, Jerufalem the holy, and 

 on the other the cup in which the manna was 

 kept, that was preferved in the fanftuary, with 

 thcfe words round it, Chekel Ifchrael, or the 

 money of Ifrael. After the Romans became 

 mailers of Paleftine, the Jews put the image of 

 the emperors on their coins, as appears by the 

 words of our Saviour himfelf, in chap. 20. of 

 the gofpcl of St. Luke. 



XI. There are likewife, 



2. Egyptian medals, which are very rare. 



3. Chinefe ; but of w4iich there are fcarce any 

 that are antique. 



4. Syriac. 



5. Perfian. 



6. Arabic. 



7. Greek ; which are the moft beautiful of 

 all : for the Greeks ftruck coins in all the three 

 metals, with an art fo excellent, that the Ro- 

 mans were never able to equal them. The 

 figures on the Greek medals have a defign, an 

 attitude, a ftrength and delicacy, which expref- 

 fes the mufcles and the veins in a manner infi- 

 nitely fuperior to thofe of the Romans. Thefe 

 are very fcarce and extremely valuable. 



8. The Roman; which are elegant, common, 

 and authentic, and of which a feries may be 



formed 



