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feeding in Workmanfhip any that are to be met 
with. 
Thofe of Rome are of three Periods; firft, what 
Were ftruck in the time the City was governed by 
Confuls, therefore called Confular ; next, the Im¬ 
perial, or thofe ftruck after Julius C<efar during the 
Reigns of the feveral Emperors that fticceeded him ; 
ana^ laftiy, the Pontifical, which have been in late 
Times ftruck by Order of the Popes. In the firft 
Ages they were of little Value. 
Medallions, called by the Romans MiJJlia-, par¬ 
take of the Nature of Medals, except that they afe 
larger and thicker. They were generally intended 
either to afeertain the JEra of fome memorable 
Event, or to be given, as a Token of Honour, to 
fome Perfon, who had deferved well of the Public. 
BIBLIOTHECA SLOANIANA MSS. 
The fixth Room contains Sir Hans Shane's Ma- 
huferipts. They are a valuable Collection, though 
not fo ancient as thofe I have already mentioned. 
Their Subjects are comprehenfive, and confequently 
may be efteemed of general Ufe. There are many 
original Treatifes on Philofophy, Phyfie, Natural 
Hiftory, and, in fine, almoft the whole Circle of 
Sciences. The curious Reader may here find va¬ 
rious and good Accounts of the Manners^ Cuftoms, 
Languages, Civil Government, Trade, Difeafes, 
natural Productions, Antiquities, &V. of many 
different Nations. Great Numbers of them are wrote 
in a very mafterly Manner 5 therefore, as they were 
never printed, it would be a very meritorious Work, 
fhould fome Perfon properly qualified feleCt thofe' 
that are moft worthy of Notice, and publifh them, 
for the Satisfaction of the learned World. 
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