Delineation of Ancient and Modern Numismatics

II. In BELGIUM, where there is no public cabinet, one should note among the private ones the Smetianum of Nijmegen, regarding which exist Antiquities of Nijmegen, or a notice of the antiquities which Joh. Smetius, father and son, zealously collected in the old town of the Batavians, Nijmegen 1673, in quarto. And in Amsterdam, the Wildianum, the title of the description of which is: Wildian Museum, or select ancient coins from the museum of Jac. de Wilde, Amsterdam 1692, in quarto.

III. In DENMARK, the Royal cabinet of Christian V in Copenhagen is notable, described in the Royal Danish Museum, by Oliger Jacobæus, Copenhagen 1696, in folio, and with a supplement published in the same place in 1699, in folio. Among the private ones there was the Treasury of ancient coins of Otto Sperling, whose auction was held in Copenhagen, and the catalog published in Hamburg 1717, in quarto, under the title: Treasury of ancient coins left behind by Ott. Sperling.

IV. In FRANCE, the Royal cabinet excels in both number and excellence of the coins; besides this, the cabinets of the Parisians are usually praised: 1) the Jesuits, 2) the Canons of Saint-Geneviève, 3) the cabinet of the Duke of Maine at Trévoux. Compare regarding the coin cabinets of France the preface of Joh. Foy Vaillant to Coins of the Emperors struck in the colonies.