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Mi Craeherode. It is comprehended under the room xi. 
three following heads. ant«quTties. 
1 . Ancient Coins. 
2 . Modern Coins. 
3 . Medals. 
The first of these heads consists of Greek and 
Roman coins. 
The Greek coins are arranged in geographical 
order, and include all those which are struck with 
Greek characters, in Greece or elsewhere, by 
kings, states, or cities, which were independent of 
the Romans. With this class are placed likewise 
the coins of free states and cities, which made use 
of either the Etruscan, Roman, Punic, Spanish, 
or other characters. 
The Roman coins are placed, as far as it can 
be ascertained, in chronological order. They 
consist of the As and its divisions: Family or 
Consular coins : Imperial coins struck in Rome : 
Imperial coins struck in Egypt; Imperial coins 
struck with Greek characters, in different states 
and cities, which were subject to the Romans : 
Imperial coins struck in the Roman colonies : 
Imperial coins struck with Punic characters: 
Contorniates. 
The second head, comprising modern coins, 
consists of Anglo-Saxon, English, Anglo-Gallic, 
Scotch, and Irish coins, and likewise the coins 
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