Delineation of Ancient and Modern Numismatics

II. In BELGIUM, where there is no public collection, one notes from private ones the Smetianum Smetius collection at Nijmegen, about which exist Antiquitates Neomagenfes sive notitia rerum antiquarum, quas in veteri oppido Batavorum studiose comparavit Nijmegen Antiquities or notice of the antiquities which JOHANN SMETIUS, father and son, diligently collected in the old Batavian town, Nijmegen 1673, in quarto. And at Amsterdam, the Wildianum Wilde collection, the title of whose description is: Museum Wildianum seu selecta numismata antiqua e museo JAC. de WILDE Wildean Museum or select ancient coins from the museum of JACOB DE WILDE, Amsterdam 1692, in quarto.

III. In DENMARK, the Royal collection of CHRISTIAN V at Copenhagen is notable, described in the Museo Regio Danico Royal Danish Museum, by OLE JØRGENSEN JACOBÆUS, Copenhagen 1696, in folio, and with an auctario appendix published in the same place in 1699, in folio. Among the private collections there was the Thesaurus numismatum antiquorum Treasury of ancient coins of OTTO SPERLING, whose auction was held at Copenhagen, and a catalogue published at Hamburg 1717, in quarto, under the heading: Thesaurus numismatum antiquorum ab OTT. SPERLINGIO relictus Treasury of ancient coins left by OTTO SPERLING.

IV. In FRANCE, the Royal coin cabinet excels in both the number and excellence of the coins. Furthermore, the coin cabinets of the Parisians are usually praised: 1) the Jesuits, 2) the Canons of Saint Geneviève, 3) the Duke of Maine at Trévoux. Compare regarding the coin cabinets of France, JEAN FOY-VAILLANT’s preface to Numism. Impp. in coloniis percussorum Coins of the Emperors struck in colonies.