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FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN. 441
* According to the work entitled Thefaurus nummorum Sueogothicorun, by Bremer,
in quarto, Stockholm, 1731, the moft valuable and fcarce Swedifh medals are the fol-
lowing: that of Hagquinus frater Erici magni, who lived in 1360, it was tound in Dale-
carlia. On one fide of it is his portrait, with Hacwinus Dux Norvegie, on the other a
crofs between three rofes, and moneta Eafloia. The author is unacquainted with any
other. Sten Sture, the younger, was the firft that ever ftruck emblazoned pieces. On
one fide is the head of St. Eric, with this infcription: §. Ericus Rex Suecia; on the
other the arms of Sweden quartered, with this legend: Mone Stockholm, 1512. ‘Vhe
author had feen but two befides thofe he himfelf poffeffed. Nummi cujufdam pfeudo—
Sturii vulgo dale junckaren didi, qui anno 1524, contra Guftavum primum Regem Sueciz
Jeditionem conciliavit. This bears on one fide the letter N with a crown jurrounded
by two fmall croffes and two rings: about, Nicolaus Sture ; on the other fide, a thield
with three crowns and this legend, M. M. in v2llibus, meaning money of Mora in the
valleys It is a well eftablifhed fact in hiftory, that this falfe Sture remained for a long
time in Dalecarlia, in the neighbourhood of Mora. ‘Theré is another fmaller coin of
the fame Sture, which is likewife very rare. A gold coin of Guitavus I., om one fide
he ts reprefented crowned, with a {word in his right hand, and a globe an crofs in the
other, between his legs a fhield: the infcription, Guflavus Dei gratia Suecorum Rex ;
on the reverfe, another fhield quartered, in two of the quarters are blazoned the three
crowns, in each of the other two a lion; around, monet. nova Stockol. 1528. Vhis crown
is called nummus aureus inauguralis. ‘This fingular piece is where it ought to be, in the
King’s poffeffion ; the author never faw a fimilar. There is’a filver coin of fimilar
{tamp, which is alfo extremely rare. The author fpeaks of one in his collection as the
only one he ever faw. Guftavus Adolphus with his Queen Eleanor, a gold coin of two
ducats value. On one fide are the heads of the King and Queen, with this infcription:
Guftavus Adolphus et Maria Eleonora Rex et Regi. Suec. on the reverfe, contra /pem
in fpem: at the bottom, the arms of the city of Augfburg, and the date 1632.~ In the
_midft two fhields; on that of the right the arms of Sweden and Gothland, on that of
the left thofe of Brandenburg. This piece is lefs valuable for its rarity than for its being
the earlieft on which are imprefled the heads of the King and Queen conjoiatly, and
the arms of Sweden united with thofe of Brandenburg.”
Within the fame cabinet are many antique bufts and fmall ftatues of the gods.
Models in cork of the temple of Tivoli, of the foldiers barracks at Pompeia, and the
Capo di bove at Rome. A collection of books analogous to the contents of the cabinet.
A paflage with a gallery above the chapel. Ona table, the dwarf of King Staniflaus,
dreft, known by the name of Bébé. In wardrobes, a collection of minerals, and a large
piece of pretendedly native iron in a copper box. ~
Cabinet of Natural Hiftory. This belonged to the laft Queen, and is defcribed by
Linnzus. It is at prefent under the care of Mr. Swarts, of whom we have fpoken de-
fervedly before. The following are the moft interefting articles the cabinet contains,
Among a great collection of animals preferved in fpirits of wine, are a number of mon-
keys of different fpecies, one of the rareft of which is the Simia Cethiops ; befides thefe,
the Da/fypus fexcintus, vefpertilio leporinus, mus longipes, mus volans, and the herboa
Arabum ; the embrio of an elephant. Capra perpujilla. Among the birds, p/frtacus fe-
verus, minimus, Alexandri ; picus femi-roftri ; paradifa regia, flava ; charadius lencurus ;
turdus hematodor ; trochilus niger ; lamius doliatus ; ramphafior piperinorus picatus aracari,
plateles pigmea ; et pipra aureola, Of amphibious animals: cecilia lentaculata amphif-
tena alba ; anguis bipes ; coluber calamarius, albus, reging, aurora, miliaris, buccatus;
candidus, corallinus, hypocrepis ; vipera Egypti, lebetrinis, padera, filula, Syria, ingularis,
VOL. VI. 3.1L baje ;
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