UPON THE

USEFULNESS

OF

ANCIENT MEDALS.

Especially in relation to the

Latin and Greek Poets.

-quoniam hæc Ratio plerumque videtur
Triftior effe, quibus non eft tractata, retroque
Volgus abborret ab hac : volui tibi fuaviloquenti
Carmine Pierio rationem exponere noftram,
Et quafi mufeo dulci contingere meile,
Si tibi forte animum tali rationesteneïems

LUCRETIUS.

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