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Accidents frequently happen. A large Turkish c HA p - 
merchant- vessel was stranded upon the shallows, ' — v — ' 
in the southern extremity of the Bosporus, while 
we were here ; and one of the Russian frigates, 
passing up the Straits, was three times 
aground in view of YenilcalL 
The medals of the Bosporus are among the J 
most rare in the cabinets of Europe. We r«». 
collected a few in YenilialS. Among these were 
certain of the Bosporian kings ; viz. one of 
Pcerisades, in very small bronze ; one of Sauro- 
mates the First, in bronze, of the middle size ; 
two of j Rhescuporis the First, in small bronze ; 
one of Mithradates the Second, rather larger ; 
and others whose real history it would have 
been difficult to determine, were it not for the 
• 
light thrown upon them by Sestini '. Of the 
latter description is a smalt bronze medal, 
having in front a bull, butting; and for the 
reverse, a lamp, or light-tower, with the letters 
nAPI. This is proved, by the Ainsley Collec- 
tion, to be a medal of Parium, although easily 
mistaken for one of the island of Paros. We 
obtained also other bronze medals : these had 
evidently been derived from the same colony of 
Mysia ; viz. an imperial medal of Galba, two of 
(l) Lettere e Diss. Numis. sopra alctine Medaglic rare dell. Coll. 
Ainsl. Tav. 1. tom. III. e Lett. 4. p. 18. 
