Yale College Numismatic Collection.

During the past fortnight the following very
acceptable donations of coins, 260 in all, have
been made to the college collection:

Oak tree shilling. MASATHVSETS IN.
R NEW ENGLAND. AN. DOM. 1652. XII.
From E. Sanford.

Louisiana copper. 1722 M. N. Chamberlin.

Washington token. Head. "General Wash-
ington." R. Eagle. "In unitate fortitudo.
Spiel munze." Libertas Americana medal in
white metal, & coin of Republic of Genoa, 1814,
with 82 various. W. L. Kingsley.

77 of the U. S. H. T. Blake. The set of
cents now contains the dates 1794-98, 1800-03,
05-14,16-56. Half-cents, 1794,97; 1803,07,09,
25,26,28,34,53,55.

44 U. S. and Chinese, so that the collection
has 26 varieties of the latter. H Champion.
1 Japanese, E. C. Herrick, 1 Prussian, G.
P. Fisher; 8 ancient Greek, F. P. Brewer; 5
various, E. L. Gaul; 4, W. D. Whitney. 1, D.
Hubbard; 14 American, J. W. Dwight; 18
East Indian, C. H. Barrett.

Electrotype copies in copper of the follow-
ing American medals have been added to the
cabinet. They are fully described by Thomas
Wyatt, who prepared them, in a pamphlet of
28 pages, N. Y. 1854:

Given to the captors of Major Andre. FI-
DELITY. R. AMOR PATRIÆ VINCIT.

*George Washington. Recovery of Boston,
March 17, 1776.

†Gen. Horatio Gates. Saratoga ; Oct. 17,
1777.

†Gen. Anthony Wayne. Stony Point. July
17, 1779.

†Col. John Stewart. Stony Point. July 17,
1779.

*D. de Fleury. Stony Point. July 17, 1779.

Col. Henry Lee. Paulus Hook. Aug. 19,
1779.

§Gen. Daniel Morgan. Cowpens. Jan. 17,
1781.

*Col. J. E. Howard. Cowpens. Jan. 17, 1781.

*Col. Wm. Washington. " " "

§Gen. Nathaniel Green. Eutaw. Sept. 8 "

Capt. Thomas Truxton. Constellation & La
Vengeance. March 24, 1800.

Com. Edward Preble. Tripoli 1804.

Capt. Isaac Hull. Constitution and Guer-
riere. July, 1812.

Capt. J. Jones. Wasp and Frolic. Oct. 18,
1812.

Com. Stephen Decatur. United States and
Macedonian. Oct. 25, 1812.

Com. Wm. Bainbridge. Constitution and
Java. Dec. 29, 1812.

Capt. James Lawrence. Hornet and Pea-
cock. Feb. 24, 1813.

Col. George Crogham. Sandusky, Aug. 2,
1813.

Capt. E. R. McCall. Enterprize & Boxer.
Sept. 4, 1813.

W. Burrows. Enterprize & Boxer. Sept. 4,
1813.

Com. O. H. Perry. Lake Erie. Sept. 10,
1813.

J. D. Elliot. Lake Erie. Sept. 10, 1813.

Maj. Gen. Wm. H. Harrison. Thames. Oct.
5, 1813.

Gov. Isaac Shelby. Thames. Oct. 5 1813.

Capt. L. Warrington. Peacock & Epervie.
March 29, 1814.

Capt. J. Blakeley. Wasp & Reindeer. June
28, 1814.

Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott. Chippewa and
Niagara. July 5 and 25, 1814.

Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown. Chippewa, Niaga-
ra & Erie. July 5 & 25, & Sept. 17, 1814.

Brig Gen. James Miller. Chippewa, Niaga-
ra & Erie. July 5 & 25, & Sept. 17, 1814.

Maj. Gen. P. B. Porter. Chippewa, Niagara
& Erie. July 5 & 25, & Sept. 17, 1814.

Brig Gen. E. W. Ripley. Chippewa, Niaga-
ra & Erie. July 5 & 25, & Sept. 17, 1814.

Maj. Gen. E. P. Gains. Erie. Aug. 15, 1814.

Com. Thomas Macdonough. Lake Cham-
plain. Sept. 11, 1814.

Capt. S. Cassin. Lake Champlain. Sept. 11,
1814.

Capt. R. Henley. Lake Champlain. Sept.
11, 1814.

Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb. Plattsburg.

Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson. New Orleans.
Jan. 8, 1815.

Capt. Charles Stewart. Constitution, Levant
& Cyane. Feb. 20, 1815.

Capt. James Biddle. Hornet & Penguin,
March 23, 1815.

Engraved by Duvivier. †by Gatteaux. ‡by Dupre
Those of Preble & Hull are marked R. and all after them are
engraved by Furst.

The New England Threepence of 1652.

For an indefinite period, so long that "the
memory of man runneth not to the contrary,"
there has been in the possession of Yale College
a silver threepence struck in Massachusetts by
order of the General Court in May, 1652. This
specimen has been regarded as unique, although
shillings and sixpences of the same issue are
occasionally met with in numismatic collections.
This coin is so remarkable that Dr. Palfrey in
the second volume of his History of New Eng-
land (to which any of our readers can refer,)
gave a facsimile engraving of the Yale College
specimen. Quite recently in Massachusetts a
second one of these rare coins was discovered,
which was exhibited a few days since at the
monthly meeting of the Boston Numismatic
Society, by Mr. W. S. Appleton, the Secretary.
We find in the Boston Transcript the following
extract from a paper which Mr. Appleton read
upon the subject:

"The coin is a threepence of the first Massa-
chusetts issue, or New England type, and but
one other is known. As no suspicion can at-
tach to this one, it gives evidence to the fact of
such coinage, and removes from the other the
slight doubt which has existed, as it nearly
always does in respect of unique coins.

In May, 1652, the General Court at Boston,
ordered the establishment of a mint, for the coin-
age of "twelve pence, six pence, and three
pence pieces, which shall be for forme flatt, and
square on the sides, and stamped on the one
side with N. E. and on the other side with
XIIId., VId., and IIIId., according to the value
of each piece," &c. This order only remained
in force six months and the shillings are now
worth twenty-five dollars, and genuine sixpen-
ces perhaps about fifty. The only threepence
known to the Numismatic world, a few weeks
ago, is in the collection belonging to Yale Col-
lege. Thomas Snelling, in his account of the
coins of the English colonies, published in 1769
says, "The first pieces coined at this time,
(1652,) or rather stamped, were sixpences and
shillings, having on one side N, E., and on the
other VI, XII, for their respective values. We
are also told there was another sort struck, with
III, for threepence, but we have never yet met
with it in any cabinet, and even the other two
are very scarce."

Ruding, the great authority on English coin-
age, makes a similar statement; he quotes from
Hutchinson's History the passages relating to
this money, and adds, "The threepence spoken
of above has never been discovered." Compar-
ed with the modesty of these writers, the words
of the great American numismatist strike me
rather unpleasantly-" Shillings and sixpences
were only coined at this time. * * * * * It
has been stated that threepenny pieces were al-
so coined, but as we have never seen them, nor
heard of them, otherwise, we may with pro-
priety be permitted to question the truth of any
such statement;" as if Mr. Dickeson could
suppose that specimens existed of every coin-
age that has ever taken place. The only rea-
son for suspecting the threepence at Yale Col-
lege was the same as gave it its greatest value,
viz, that it was unique. But as this of mine
comes from a collection formed thirty years
ago, and hardly examined since, the author—
and may he soon appear—of a new work on
American Numismatics, will, I trust, "with
propriety be permitted" to say that two speci-
mens exist of this very rare coin.

are requested to copy the following communication from the New York Tribune:

Recent Important Gifts to Yale College

The building formerly used by the Medical School in New Haven was bought some time ago of the Medical Department of the College, by Joseph E. Sheffield, Esq., and presented again to the institution, for the use of the Scientific Department, including the Schools of Chemistry, Agriculture, and Engineering.—Within the past year, the edifice has been re-modeled and enlarged by Mr. Sheffield at a great expense, and is now almost ready to be occupied. This gift is the largest single act of munificence by which the college has been favored since its foundation, if we except the Ellsworth legacy, from which nothing has as yet been received. The litigations concerning that estate are in a fair way of compromise between the residual legatee and the heirs.

In connection with Mr. Sheffield's gift of a building for the Scientific School, an effort is making to raise a fund for carrying on the instruction in that Department. Within a few weeks, Oliver F. Winchester, Esq., of New Haven, has made for this purpose the liberal gift of $5,000.

A lot of land, in a retired and elevated position, about a mile north of the College buildings, beyond "Sachem's Wood," has been presented to the College by the heirs of the late Jas. A. Hillhouse, as a site for an Astronomical Observatory.

The College Library has likewise been the recipient of several valuable gifts. Among them may be mentioned three folio volumes, handsomely bound, containing the correspondence between Wm. C. Redfield, Esq., the distinguished American meteorologist, and his friend Col. Wm. Reed (afterward Sir Wm. Reed), Governor of Bermuda and Malta, the author of "The Law of Storms," and various important contributions to our knowledge of the atmospheric currents. This correspondence extended through a period of about twenty years, till it was terminated by Mr. Redfields death. Col. Reed survived him but a few months. The autograph letters of the eminent Englishman and the copies of Mr. Redfield's letters, carefully made from his own letter book, present a vast amount of scientific information and allusions, which will be highly prized in all time to come, by students in the department to which they were devoted.—For this unique and valuable gift the College is indebted to John H. Redfield, Esq., of New York, who has compiled with pious care this memorial of his father.

Richard S. Fellowes, Esq., of New Haven now traveling in Europe, has sent home to the College a copy of the great illuminated work of Owen Jones, entitled the "Grammar of Oratory." It is a handsome folio, admirably bound, and of great value as illustrating the artistic culture of different ancient and modern nations.

Not long ago, the college came into the possession of a collection of coins (several hundred) which had been the property of Mr. Johns, of Canandaigua. These have lately been arranged and classified, and various friends of the college have added to the number. The most important of these gifts, in respect of numbers and value, is that of Mrs. Augustus R. Street, who has presented nearly 500 coins, a large part of them of silver, including many rare and beautiful specimens.—This donation comprises both ancient and modern coins, from a great number of different Governments, Asiatic as well as European and American. Mr. Fisk P. Brewer, who is well versed in such studies, has charge of the arrangement and custody of the numismatic collection of the college, which is deposited in the library building. Additional gifts, of a larger or a smaller amount, will be acceptable acquisitions to the cabinet.

These various donations show that Yale College is not without its generous friends, at the present time as in times that are past. Such expressions of good will are gratefully acknowledged, but the chief reward of the donors must be in the consciousness that their liberality is so bestowed that it will always be of service, directly or indirectly, in training large numbers of educated men for stations of public influence and trust.

BERKELEY

New Haven, May 14, 1860.

### Yale Numismatic Collection.

There have been on exhibition for many years in the Trumbull Gallery, some ancient and modern coins, though hardly enough to be called a collection. Those which belonged to Mr. Johns, of Canandaigua, N. Y., having come into the possession of the college, together with some from other sources, a suitable case has been procured, in which they have been systematically arranged as the beginning of a coin museum.

As is customary in cabinets of coins, it is not so much for display, as for security and convenience of reference. It is bureau-shaped, with double doors in front, which on being opened, disclose two tiers of drawers, twenty in each tier. Pierced paste boards have been prepared in the style used in the Royal Museum of Prussia, so that every coin can have a separate compartment. The drawers are deep enough to contain three such cards, and the total capacity of the case is of about 6,500 coins. The present number in the collection is over 600 ancient, and about a thousand modern.

Of the modern coins, the British Empire furnishes nearly one-half. After a few of Aedelred and other Saxon kings, the proper English series begins with a silver penny of William the Conqueror. It is, however, quite incomplete till Edward VI, since whom there are specimens of every ruler but the Cromwells. Among them is the shilling of Queen Mary, which shows her bust and that of Philip face to face, and is alluded to by Butler in Hudibras:

> "Still amorous, fond and billing,
> Like Philip and Mary upon a shilling."

There are specimens of the "breeches" money of the Commonwealth. They bear on one side the legend, "The Commonwealth of England," and on the reverse, "God with us," which arrangement of the words occasioned the witticism of the cavaliers, that "God and the Commonwealth were on opposite sides."—A copper without date, but probably belonging to the same period, shows on the obverse three columns emblematic of England, Ireland, and Scotland bound together, and surrounded by the motto, THVS VNITED. INVINCIBLE. The reverse has a ship with the legend, AND.

### GOD. DIRECT. OVR CORSE.
We find also the Rex Floreat penny, a siege piece of Newark, 1646, silver coronation medals of George II, and of Queen Caroline, and several pieces of the gun-money of James II. These last were struck while James was in Ireland, out of old cannon as it was said, which gave them their name. They were stamped as half-crowns and shillings, and probably passed as such among his loyal adherents, who expected to have them redeemed on his restoration to power. A similar device was resorted to by the present Pope during the revolution of '48, when he coined brass scudi at Gaeta.

The French suite is comparatively small but among the rare pieces are one of the Duchy of Nivernois and Rethelois, 1613, and two of the Archbishopric of Treves, 1672 and 1684.—A medal dated 1668, has a cannon with the words, Lodoici vox metuenda, (the voice of Louis is to be feared.)

There is a curious Spanish copper struck on occasion of the battle of Lepanto. The legends are *Turcae classe devicta*, (conquest of the Turkish fleet,) around a galley which is surmounted by a trophy, and *Jam nova progenies* 1572, (at length a new offspring) surrounding a female figure holding a horn of plenty, and accompanied by a child and a peacock. The reference is probably not to Don John o Austria, but to the new sort of soldiers, and perhaps the token was struck in Venice rather than in Spain.

Among the German states represented, are the Archbishopric of Cologne, and the Duchy of Clives, and the cities of Cosfeld, Rostoch, Bremen and Hamburg.

Some Turkish coins have been given by Mr. C. D. Seropyan, and one of Japan, a square-cornered piece of silver, by Capt. A. H. Foote. Japanese money is so rarely to be seen outside of that empire, that the collection is fortunate in having obtained so fine a sample.

Of American coins there is little to be said, as here there is great deficiency. A Pine-tree shilling and three-pence, a Bush three-pence, a Plate shilling and three-pence, a Rosa Americana half-penny and farthing, one Washington cent, with coppers of Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont and Ken-

tucky, Nova Constellatio and "Mind your
business" are about all that are on hand, except
a few electrotype copies of medals.

Doubtless there are many of our citizens who
have Washington coppers, half-cents, and
other curiosities of our coinage, or specimens
of foreign coins which they would be willing
to give to a public institution. This collection,
unlike that of the U. S. Mint, which is under
the patronage of the government, must depend
for an immediate enlargement on the contri-
butions of those interested. Gifts for this
object will be thankfully received, and may be
left at the College Library, where the cabinet
is at present deposited.
F. P. B.

Yale College Cabinet of Coins.

Another important accession has been made to
the numismatic collection which is deposited in
the Library of Yale College. Mrs. Augustus R.
Street has presented the cabinet four hundred
and sixty-six (two gold, one hundred and sixty
four silver, and three hundred copper) coins and
medals, being a portion of a collection unusually
rare and valuable, which was made by her daugh-
ter the late Miss Sarah Maria Street. Among
those of great interest presented by Mrs. Street
to the College, the following may be mentioned :
A silver coin of Athens struck about B. C. 400, a
denarius of Antestius, a Washington cent with
his head on both sides, a Washington token en-
graved by Twigg, a Libertas et Justitia cent very
fresh, dollars of 1795 and 1799, a Talbot, Allum
and Lee cent, a Barbadoes copper, a dollar of Au-
gustin, Emperor of Mexico, dollars of Peru, Bo-
livia, South Peru, and Columbia. There are also
crowns of Charles II., Queen Anne and George
III., a beautiful franc of the first Napoleon, a large
silver medal of Charles IV. of Spain with many
old Spanish coins, a variety of Swiss money of
different cantons, a Russian ruble, a rupee of
Queen Victoria, large silver pieces of Christian
VIII. of Denmark, Charles XIV. and Oscar of
Sweeden, William II. of Holland, Charles Albert
of Sardinia, and two of Napoleon I. as King of
Italy. Many of these are as fair and bright as
when they came to the mint. The collection
taken as a whole, both in the number and value,
the specimens, is the largest donation that has been
made to the College cabinet.

UNITED STATES COINS IN THE YALE COLLEGE
Collection.

The American coins will be on exhibition at the
College Library on Saturday morning next, be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock.

Within a few weeks 217 coins have been added
to the College Numismatic Collection by the fol-
lowing donors: W. C. Gilman, 148; T. D. Wool-
sey, 14, mostly ancient and of rare value; E.
Schuyler, 2; H. Champion, 1; T. B. Dexter, 18;
E. C. Herrick, 4; C. W. Betts, 16, mostly Ameri-
can; F. P. Brewer, 13 ancient and 1 modern. The
United States Department is materially increased
and now contains, as will be seen from the cata-
logue below, several pieces of much historical in-
terest. The size of the medals is given in inches
and tenths.

UNITED STATES. I—STRUCK BEFORE 1775.

1. New England shilling, N. E. R. XII.

2. " three-pence. N. E. R. III.

3. Pine-Tree shilling. MASATHVSETS. IN.
R. NEWENGLAND. AN. DOM. 1652. XII.

4. Pine-Tree shilling. MASATHVSETS. IN.
R. NEWENGLAND. AN. DO. 1652. XII.

5. Pine-Tree shilling. MASATHVSETS. IN.
R. NEWENGLAND. AN. DO. 1652. XII.

6. Pine-Tree three-pence. MASATHVSETS.
R. NEWENGLAND. ANO. 1652. III.

7. Oak-Tree three penny. MASATHVSETS.
R. NEW ENGLAND. 1652. III.

8. " Rosa Americana penny, 1722.

9. " half-penny, 1722.

10. " farthing, 1722.

11. " half-penny, 1723.

*The same—two electrotypes, 1723.

12. " Medal. Obverse, Kittanning in flames;
soldiers in the fore-ground " Kittanning destroy-
ed by Col. Armstrong, September 8, 1756. R.
Coat of arms. "The gift of the corporation of the
city of Philadelphia." Size, 1 7.

The destruction of the Indian village of Kittan-
ning is described in Barber's Historical Collection
of Pennsylvania, page 76, where reference is made
to Publications of the Pennsylvania Historical So-
ciety, Vol. 2, for an account of this medal.

13. " Virginia half-penny, 1773. Two specimens.

II.—WASHINGTON PIECES.

1. Laureated head to the right, Roman costume.
"Washington and Independence 1783." R.—
"Unity America One Cent 1-100."

*The same—two electrotypes.

*The same—two electrotypes.

2. "Head of the right, queue, military costume.
"Washington President 1791." R. Large, spread

eagle, with shield on breast, holding arrow and
olive branch in talons, scroll in beak with "I am
e pluribus." Above, "One Cent." Two speci-
mens.

3. "Head as above. "G. Washington Presi-
dent I. 1792." R. Small spread eagle, with shield
on breast, arrows and olive branch in talons, head
surrounded by 13 stars. "United States of Amer-
ica." Two specimens.

4. "Head to the right, queue, military costume.
"Geo. Washington born Virginia. Feb. 11. 1732."

R. General of the American Armies 1775. Re-

signed 1783. President of the United States 1889.

In faint letters: J. Manly, 1790." 1.81.

5. "Head to the left, queue, citizen's costume.—
"George Washington President of the United
States." In small letters, "Halliday. s." R.—
Square pedestal draped, on which lie a sword, lic-
tor's rod and olive branch. "Commission resign-
ed; Presidency relinquished. 1797." 2.1.

6. "Head to the left, citizen's costume. "George Washington Esqr. Late President of the United State of America" In small letters, "Westwood F." R. "Made Commander in chief of the American forces the 15 June 1775. With courage and fidelity he defended the rights of a free people.— Died Dec. 14. 1799 aged 68." 1.6.

7. "Head to the right, hair twined behind.—
"George Washington." In small letters, "W. ft.
Wright & Bale." R. "Born Feb. 22nd 1732—
Chosen commander in chief July 1776. Chosen
Prest. 1789. Died Dec'r 14. 1799 aged 68
years." 1.7.

8. "Laureated head to the right, military cost-
tume. "Washington." R. Similar head. "One
Cent." Two specimens.

9. "Head to the right, queue, military costume.
"George Washington." R. Shield surmounted
by spread eagle with arrows and olive branch.—
"Liberty and Security." Two specimens.

III.—STRUCK 1776-1771.

1. "Germantown medal. Obv. View of the skirmish. "J. Milton f." R. "Germantown. Octr. 4. 1777." 1.7.

This memento of an American defeat must have
been struck by English authority.

2. "Head of John Paul Jones to the left.—
"Joanni Paulo Jones Classis Praefecto. Comitia
Americana. Dupref." R. Naval battle. "Hos-
tium navibus captis aut fugatis. Ad oram Scotis
XXIII Sept. MDCCLXXVIII. Dupre f."

3. "Head of Liberty to the right. "Libertas
Americana. 4 Juli. 1776. R. Allegorical repre-
sentation of the French aid to America. Non sine
diis animosus inans" 17 Oct 1777 19 Oct 1781.—
Dupre f. This medal is engraved and desribed
in the beginning of Dr. M. W. Dickinson's "Amer-
icann Numismatic Manual." Size 1.8.

4. Head to the left. " Georgius Triumpho.—
R. A female figure behind thirteen bars. " Voce
Popoli 1783." The inscription "Voce Popoli P.
1760" is found on a burlesque Irish copper in the
collection.

No. of specimens.

5. "Nova Constellatio 1785" 3

6. "Fugio 1787" 3

7. "Vermontensium Republica 1786." 2

8. "Vermon Auctori 1788." 2

9. "Massachusetts 1787" 3

10. " 1788" 2

11. "Half cent 1787" 1

12. "Auctoria Connee. 1787—four varieties." 8

13. "1788" 2

14. "New Jersey cent. Nova Caesarea 1786" 1

15. " 1787—2 varieties." 2

16. "1778" 1

17. "Kentucky cent. Without date, but said to
of 1791." 1

For the Congregationalist.

## THE BIBLE AND ANCIENT COINS.

While preparing a brief catalogue of the ancient coins added within the last eighteen months to the Yale College collection, it has occurred to the writer that the illustrations which they give of the geography and history of Bible lands might be generally interesting. The times of Christ and the apostles are made more real to our minds, not only by the mere sight of the money, which was then circulating, but also by the short record that each piece preserves.

Ten of the kings of Syria are represented, mostly by large silver coins bearing their portraits. Of these tetradrachms or staters, called "pieces of silver" by Matthew, there are twenty-one described in the catalogue. On several the title Euergetes, Benefactor, is added to the king's name, a usage which illustrates the language of our Lord, when he said, "They that exercise authority upon them are called Benefactors."

There is a coin of Antiochus Epiphanes whose reckless and blasphemous career was so fully foretold in Daniel xi: 21-45. The inscription is "[Money] of Antiochus, the God, the Illustrious, (Epiphanes)." Thus evidently is the prophecy fulfilled, "He shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every God." There are coins also of several successors of Antiochus Epiphanes, as Demetrius Soter, Alexander Bala and Antiochus Seventh, whose actions are recorded in the books of Maccabees.

An Egyptian coin bears the name and title of Ptolemy Third, called Euergetes for the acts foretold in Daniel xi: 8.

There are eleven coins of the city of Antioch where "the disciples were called Christians first." The following inscription is found on one of these struck during the reign of Augustus; "The people of Antioch have given the high-priestly crown to Caesar Augustus, the high-priest." The word "crown" is not written, but there is a representation of a crown enclosing the inscription. This coin records the fact that when Augustus was made high-priest (pontifex maximus) at Rome, 12 B. C., the people of Antioch sent him a golden crown as an act of homage. The incident, so unlike anything done in these days, reminds us of the imagery in Revelations where the four and twenty elders cast their golden crowns before the throne.

A small brass coin has the name of Alexander Janaeus, high-priest and king of the Jews 104-81 B. C., who was notorious for the cruelty with which he suppressed a rebellion of the Pharisees. On the obverse is an anchor with the partly legible inscription, "Of King Alexander," and on the reverse, a wheel, showing between its spokes traces of Hebrew letters, which have been made to spell "Of King Jonathan," the Hebrew name of the same king. A similar piece is engraved and fully described in Smith's Dict. of the Bible, Art. Money.

Another brass coin, also of Judea, bearing on one side a palm-branch and on the other a wreath, is interesting as having an exact date. "The fifth year of Caesar Nero." As Nero began to reign in A. D. 54,

the coin was struck between Oct. 58 and Oct. 59, that is, while Paul was a prisoner in Cesarea in the last year that Felix was the Roman Governor of Judea. This coin and the previous one are of the kind called mites in the New Testament, of which two make a farthing. They are together equal in weight to one of our new cents.

Of Commagene, the wealthy kingdom north of Syria, there are five brass pieces, one of Antiochus Fourth, who sent his troops to help Titus in the siege and capture of Jerusalem, and one of his wife Iotape, whose name is known to us only through coins. The town of Œgea on the Cilician coast fifty miles east from Tarsus is represented by a large brass coin of the emperor Hadrian, which is believed to be unique. It preserves the name of a local magistrate, Pauleius.

Most of the coins which we have described were procured by our missionaries, Rev. W. Clark formerly of Bebek Seminary, near Constantinople, but now laboring in Italy, and Dr. A. T. Pratt of Marash, in Eastern Turkey. The whole number of pieces named in the supplementary catalogue, is one hundred and sixteen, no Roman coins being given of a date later than 212 A. D. The oldest pieces are a tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, who died 323 B. C, and a small Sicilian coin still more ancient, on which the inscription reads from right to left, as in Hebrew.

Other interesting coins, both Greek and Roman, might be described, but enough has been said to show what real progress the Yale College Collection is making, and to call attention to one of the many incidental services which are rendered to the cause of learning by the American missionaries in the East.

F. P. B.