NUMISMATICÆ: PROLEG.

II. In BELGIUM, where there is no public one, among private ones, the Smetian cabinet of Nijmegen should be noted, of which there exist Nijmegen Antiquities, or a notice of antiquities which JOH. SMETIUS, P. & F. diligently compared in the old town of the Batavians, Nijmegen, 1673, quarto. And the Wildian cabinet of Amsterdam, the title of whose description is: The Wildian Museum, or selected ancient coins from the museum of JAC. de WILDE, Amsterdam, 1692, quarto.

III. In DENMARK, the Royal cabinet of CHRISTIAN V at Copenhagen is notable, described in the Danish Royal Museum by OLIGER. JACOBÆUS, Copenhagen, 1696, folio, and published with a supplement in the same place, 1699, folio. Among private collections there was the Treasury of ancient coins of OTTO SPERLING, whose auction was held at Copenhagen, and the catalog published at Hamburg, 1717, quarto, under the title: Treasury of ancient coins left by OTT. SPERLING.

IV. In FRANCE, the Royal coin cabinet excels both in number and excellence of coins. Furthermore, the following coin cabinets of the Parisians are wont to be praised: 1) The Jesuits, 2) The Canons of St. Genevieve, 3) The Duke of Maine at Trevoux. Compare regarding the coin cabinets of France, JOH. FOY VAILLANT's preface to Coins of the Emperors struck in colonies.