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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46892	The knowledge of medals, or, Instructions for those who apply themselves to the study of medals both ancient and modern from the French.; Science des médailles. English	Jobert, Louis, 1637-1719.; Gale, Roger, 1672-1744.	1697 (1697)	Wing J755; ESTC R13364	104,391	242

no good Reason can be given for it For it will always conclude either too much or too little Too much if we would infer from thence that the S. C. ought to be upon all and too little if we would thence conclude that it ought to be upon none And what can be said of the Title that the Mint-masters took Auro Argento Aere FF Those of the Senate nor even those of the Emperors durst assume it It ought therefore to be shewn that they did actually change their Stile and to be able to set down distinctly the time and reason thereof is what I 'm afraid will not be very easily perform'd 3. Medaillons are known by their Size I mean by their Thickness Extent Relief and Largeness of the Head so that if any of these Qualities be wanting it will only be a Medal of the large Copper This is to be understood of the Higher Empire For in the Lower when the Medal has either more Breadth or more Relief than the common middle Copper it is made to pass for a Medaillon 4. Very few Medaillons of Silver are found coin'd in Italy that weigh four Drachms None but the Greeks generally speaking have given us Medaillons of that Bigness be they either of their Cities Kings or Emperors M. Vaillant in his last Work tells us of an Hadrian of this same Weight We have Vespasian's with the Epocha 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and M. Patin gives us Medaillons of Constantius and Constans of a much larger Size tho' of a far less Thickness In our King's Cabinet is a very fine Verus of Silver 5. We do not find that the Colonies ever coined Medaillons And it is also very rare to find any of their large Copper till the Reign of Septimius Severus but an Infinite Number of the middle and little Copper are found which make up the Beauty of those Series's Of the Medals of Colonies 1. All Colonies are Rare in comparison of ordinary Medals tho' some of them are much more so than others both Greek and Latin Their Beauty consists either in their Figures when they are Historical and Extraordinary or in the Country when they are of some Cities that are but little known and by which some Piece of the Ancient Geography may be learned or else when the Dignities and Offices of them that coined them are particular 2. When there 's but one Oxe or two Oxen on the Reverse with a Priest guiding the Plough or only Military Ensigns the Medal passes for common However those that founded the Colony may be known by it For if there be but a Plough then 't is a Sign that only some of the People were sent thither If only Ensigns it shews that it was Peopl'd by Veteran Soldiers If both Ensigns and Oxen are found together then 't is as much as to say both Soldiers and People were sent thither The Difference of the Standards also teaches us whether they were Horse or Foot and sometimes even the Legion to which they belonged is known by the Name found wrote thereon Examples may be seen at the first opening of M. Vaillant's Book of Colonies 3. Colonies do most an end bear the Name of him that founded them and of him also that either fortify'd or re-established them All that were called Juliae were founded by Julius Caesar Colonia Julia Berytus Those that are named Augustae by Augustus Municipium Augusta Bilbilis When they take both these Names together Julius founded them and Augustus either reinforced or repaired them with new Recruits Colonia Julia Augusta Detrosa When the Name of Augusta is before That of Julia then it is a sign that Augustus repaired that Colony when it was in an ill State and Condition Yet this must not be understood so unless when the two Names follow one another immediately For when any other Word comes between it is another thing This is one of the Curiosities of the Art that we learn from M. Vaillant when he explains Colonia Julia Concordia Augusta Apamaea We farther learn from him that the Colonies sent abroad in the times of the Consuls before the Sovereign Power fell into the Hands of the Emperours were called Roman witness Sinope in Pontus in Asia that coined a Medal to Gordian the younger with these Letters C. R. I. F. S. Colonia Romana Julia Foelix Sinope Anno CCCVIII The Epocha marks the time when Lucullus after he had beaten Mithridates gave that City its Liberty and made it a Colony which Julius Caesar afterwards considerably augmented 4. Altho' there were Colonies in Italy yet not one of them ever set the Prince's Head upon their Medals I have heard talk indeed of the Medal of Beneventum with the Emperor's Head upon it but never saw it Besides it seems to be an Honour reserved to Cities that had a Right to coin Money and which the Emperors would never grant to any City in this Country This Privilege of coining Money was granted either by a Permission from the Senate alone or else by the Senate and People together or by the Emperours When it was obtained from the Emperours they set upon their Medals Permissu Caesaris After this manner Sevill and Corduba testify'd the Favour Augustus had done them Colonia Romulea permissu Divi Augusti Colonia Patricia permissu Augusti Several others have done the like When it was only from the Senate they put S. C. even upon Greek ones And when it was from the Roman People they also put Δ. Ε. This is the Opinion of M. Vaillant He adds that S. R. found upon some Medals of Antiochia in Pisidia signifies the same as S. C. In effect Senatus Rescripto meant the same thing or simply Senatus Romanus However it is to be wish'd we had some Examples for our entire Satisfaction for what F. Hardouin has said in his Discourse called Antirrhetique to oppose this Opinion seems to me to carry great Weight Nevertheless these Singularities are not without Examples for without going from Antioch we mentioned that is the only City of that Name there being sixteen others which hath always affected to use a Latin Legend Colonia Caesarea Antiochensis 5. It is a common thing to find upon Greek Medals the Names of Cities that entred into Alliance one with another and marked their Confederacy with the Word OMONOIA as Sardis and Ephesus Smyrna and Pergamus Perga and Sida in Pamphylia This is not met with in other Nations at least we see none of their Medals 6. Among the Colonies those may be distinguish'd that had the Right of Roman Citizens from those that only had the right of Latium as all Italy The Right of Citizens amongst other things consisted in a Capacity to stand for Offices of the State and to hold them as Roman Citizens The Right of Latium consisted in paying no Tribute and a Power to serve in the Roman Legions The Cities that coined Romulus and Remus upon their Medals sucking the Wolf had always the Right of Roman