twenty-eight of these which bear reference to Moses. One of 
them is in my collection. 
Loc . cit.j Nos. 234-S, 251-2, 254-7, and 261-70; Ibid., Pest- 
arhulete, pp. 475-482. 
There is another medal of this character, apparently unknown 
to Pfeiffer and Ruland, as it is neither mentioned in their 
“ Pestilentia in nummis,” nor “ Die deutschen Pestamulete,” 
which I will therefore describe. 
58. Obverse . The Crucifixion. Legend : UT. MOSES. 
EREXIT. SERPENTEM (etc.) At foot of the Cross: 
H R (Heinrich Retz) 1536. Below : SPES. MEA. IN. DEO 
EST. 
Reverse. The Creation of Eve, the Fall of Adam, the 
Expulsion from Paradise. Legend: ET. SICUT. IN. ADAM 
(etc.) Exergue: IOANNES. FRIDERICUS. ELECTOR. 
DUX: SAXONIE. FIERI. FECIT. 
Silver. 
Hauschild, Beitragzur neuern Miinz-und Medaillengeschichte, 
No. 1205 ; Duisburg Cat., Dantzic, 2 November, 1S69, No. 1246. 
Thales (636-546 B. C.), of Miletus, Ionia ; geometer and as¬ 
tronomer (one of the Seven Wise Men). Of him it was said, 
“ De natura primus disputavit.” 
59. Obi'erse . Head, to right. Inscription : 6 A AIITO I- 
Ml Minor 
Rezrrse. A female, with cornucopeia and prow of ship, 
advances to right, towards an altar surmounted by a cock, 
and a column entwined by a serpent. Behind her, OYTQC 
AUOAATEIN | ATNAME6A (This we may possess), which is sup¬ 
posed to refer to a saying of Thales, “ that he was happy who 
had good health and an abundance, and was neither ignorant 
nor unskilled.’' 
Gaetani, I, p. 9, pi. II, fig. 6. 
60. Obverse . Head, to right. Inscription : THALES- 
MILESIVS. 
