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Volume of papers relating to a 'medallic history of the most ancient kings of Brittain', essays; Essays

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MSS. Eng. misc. d. 448-449

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(MS. Eng. misc. d. 448) Volume of papers relating to a 'medallic history of the most ancient kings of Brittain', essays on the sacred character of ancient coins, 1760, on the coins of the British King 'Dunvalo' and on Hebrew coins, n.d., 100 leaves.

(MS. Eng. misc. d. 449) Essays on: (fols. 1-9) Matthew Duane's coin of Carausius, 1756; (fols. 10-28) a coin of Charystus, 'son of Chiron', 1759; (fols. 30-44) 'Marmor Taurinum', 1762; (fols. 46-57) 'Chateris antiquitys', 1762, 57 leaves.