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that two or three of them made by Captain Boileau, the instrument 

 maker in Calcutta, would be a great acquisition in a survey where the 

 European assistants in general know no more about checking a meri- 

 dian line, or giving the latitude of their camps, than the man in the 

 moon. 



Descriptive list of some Coins lately received from the University of 

 Christiana by the Asiatic Society, By Dr. E. Roer, Librarian, 

 Asiatic Society. 



To H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — I beg to forward to you a descriptive list of the coins, which 

 we have lately received from the liberality of the University of 

 Christiana. 



They consist of coins of some of the Danish kings of the Oldenburg 

 dynasty, and of a most valuable collection of coins of the 12th century, 

 especially Norwegian, forming a part of those coins which one Anders 

 Anderson accidentally discovered under a large heap of stones on an 

 uncultivated spot of his estate at Daelie in the province of Hedemarken 

 in Denmark. Having delivered a part of them, of the weight of forty 

 ounces, to the Magistrate, he afterwards sold to the University of 

 Christiana 5000 coins of the weight of 13^ ounces, for the same weight 

 of unmanufactured silver. 



I take this opportunity of offering a few notices on the antient coins 

 of Norway, for the materials of which I am indebted to the following 

 dissertations of Mr. Holmboe, Professor at the University of Christiana : 



1. De prisca re monetaria Norvegiae et de numis saeculi 12mi 

 nuper repertis. Christianiae, 1841. 



2. Descriptio ornamentorum, maximam partem aureorum, et nurao- 

 rum saeculi 8vi et 9ni. Christianiae, 1835. 



3. De numis MD medii aevi, in Norvegia nuper repertis, 1837. 

 they I hope, will be of some interest for the numismatic members 

 of the Society ; and the more so, as according to a remark of Mr. 

 Holmboe, the numismatics of Norway were for a long time not sufficient- 

 ly explored. This arose from the rarity of antient Norwegian coins, as 



