TO THE CAPITAL OF THE BANNAT. 293 
among the Roman series, a remarkably rare, and ^"^^• 
perhaps unique, bronze medal of Pescennius ' , y. ^ 
Niger. 
In the afternoon, the Baron's Secretary ac- 
companied us to the house of a dealer in mine- 
rals, where we found some of the rarest of the 
Transylvanian ores ; but, discovering that we 
were Englishmen, we had no sooner agreed to 
any of his prices, than he increased his de- 
mands, and to such a degree, that we found 
** even gold might be bought too dear :" we 
were therefore constrained to leave the most 
valuable specimens unpurchased. 
We left Heumanstadt, May 1. — Owing to a 
particular request made by the Turkish Ambas- 
sador, we accompanied him out of the town. 
Going first to the inn where he was, we were 
surprised to find him without any of his attend- 
ants, sitting alone in his carriage, and resolved 
to start without them, as none of his party were 
ready. After leaving Hermanstadt, we passed 
throuo:li the river Cibin, Twhence the town had R'^" 
its name of Cibin ium';) there bemg no bridge. 
(2) " CiBiNiUM metropolis civitas celebratissinia, k Cibmio amoe 
nomen retinens, quas alio baud inepto vocahiilo Hermanstadtt appel. 
latur, ab Hermanno ejusdem urbis primo coaditore. Quae in planitie 
sita. 
