1782.

Dec. 17.

1783.

Jan. 7.

By Meffrs BRYDSON and BAILLIE, Glasgow.

386. A Roman fecuris of brafs, five inches in length, three inches broad at the edge, and an inch broad at the oppofite end, found in the mofs of Cree, near Wigton, in Gallo

way.

By Mr WILLIAM RAMSAY Writer to the Signet.

387. Three fpecimens of pure white ftatuary marble, and a piece of rock, richly impregnated with lapis fpecularis, found in the valley of Glenbeg, between fourteen and twenty miles north from the town of Blairgowrie, on the property of Mr Robertson of Straloch.

By Mifs INGLIS of Orchardfield.

388. A copy of the Pfalms of King David, tranflated by King James, in small duodecimo, printed at Oxford in 1631, with an engraved frontispiece, fhewing the portraits of the two Kings.

By JAMES PRESTON, Efq; Dundee.

389. A gold Scots coin; on one fide, the royal arms of Scotland, enfigned with an open crown, decorated with five flowers de lys; on each fide of the shield, which is rounded at bottom, a flower de lys, infcription, Jacobus Dei Gra Rex Scottorum IIII. Mint-mark, at the end of the infcription, an open crown, decorated with three flowers de Jys, and two fmall points alternately; on the other fide, St Andrew in a long garment, a glory round his head, ftretched on his crofs, the limbs of which extend to the edge of the piece, on each fide of the Saint a flower de lys, infcription, Sa — Ivvm * fac - Pplu v tuum Dn -e; the mint mark as on the other fide.

By Mr ANDREW JOBSON of Dundee.

390. A Venetian copper coin; on one fide, St Mark, 'Slion; on the other, Dalma et Alban.

By Mr ALEXANDER M'CORQUODALE Writer in Inverary.

391. A quantity of very pure lapis fpecularis, found in Kinlochaline, in Morvern, Argylefhire.

By Mr DAVID ALLAN Painter.

932. A gold medal, the higheft prize given by the academy of St Luke at Rome, gained by him in the year 1773; on one fide, the head of the donor of the prize, in profile, infcription, Carol. Pius Balefira Civ. Rom, bonis artibus ; on the other, Minerva sitting, refting.

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on a fhield, on which are a pair of compaffes, and two pencils, forming a triangle above, and below which are the words aequa poteftas, a Cupid holding a garland over the fhield, infcription, Academ. Pictor. Sculptor. et Archit. Urbis ; on the edge of the medal is engraved, Praem. prim. ex Acad. Hift. D. Lucae Romae ad D. Allan Scotum 1773; alfo a printed account of the fubjects of the prizes to be given in to the faid Academy, in painting, fculpture, and architecture, in the year 1773, with the rules to be obferved by the competitors, figned by Francifco Preziado, fecretary to the academy; and an ancient Roman fibula of

brafs, two inches in diameter.

By Mr ALEXANDER GARDNER Jeweller.

393. A caft, in block tin, of a medal of the prefent Emprefs of Ruffia; on one fide, the buft of the Emprefs, in profile, her head laureated; on the other, the equeftrian statue of the Czar Peter the Great, on its great pedestal of granite, flruck in August 1782.

By Mr ALEXANDER BROWN of Glasgow..

394. The following coins and medals, viz.

One ancient Greek filver coin.

Fifteen ancient bronze Greek coins.

Forty-feven ancient Roman bronze coins.

A filver penny of King Alexander III. of Scotland.

A groat of King James II. of Scotland, villa Edinburgh.

Three pennies of King Edward I. of England, civitas London.

A penny of King Edward II. civitas London.

A halfcrown of King Charles I.; on one fide, the King on horseback, below the horse's feet the word Ebor; on the other, the royal arms, within an oval fhield; the mint mark, on. each fide, a lion paffant guardant.

A threepenny piece of King William and Mary, 1689.

A fourpenny piece of King George III. 1763.

A threepenny piece of the fame King, of the fame date.

A small copper coin of King Charles I.; on one fide, a rofe crowned; on the other, two fcepters in faltyr, fuppreffed by a crown.

A copper coin of King William and Mary, plated with tin; on the edge, Nammorum Famulus 1690; another of the fame kind, but of half the fize.

A fmall copper Irish coin of King Charles I.; on one fide, two fcepters in faltyr; fuppreffed by a crown; on the other, a harp crowned; the mint mark a bell.

An Irish fhilling of King James II. of Great Britain, of bafe metal, ftruck in Auguft 1689.

A gold coin, from the coast of Africa, with Arabick characters on both fides.

An Oriental rupee.

A Ruffian copper. coin.

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1783.

Jan. 7.

A bafe metal Chinese coin, fquare pierced.'

A filver coronation medal of King Charles II. dated the 23d of April 1661.

A filver medal of Chriftina Queen of Sweden; on one fide, the Queen's buft, in high relief, infcription, Christina Regina; on the other, an arm ifsuing out of a cloud, and holding a crown, infcription below, Avitam et Auclam.

A filver medal; on one fide, a hen gathering her chickens under her; infcription, Ut Pulli matris foveor fic conjugis alis, and below, 1642; on the other, a gentleman faluting a lady, a table covered with difhes, fruits, and a drinking glafs before them; infcription, Cum Numine et Concordia.

A filver medal; on one fide, a man's bust in profile, laureated; infcription, Jacobus III. D. G. M. B. F. et H. Rex; on the other, a lady's buft in profile; infcription, Princeps Lud. Ser. Mag. Bri. Regis Soror.

A medal in tin; on one fide, a buft in profile; infcription, Cujus eft; on the other, the following infcription, Thule hic vir hic eft tibi quem promitti faepius audis Jacobus Caefar divi genus aurea rurfus fecula qui reddet Scotis.

A copper medal ́; on one fide, Mars, Venus, and Cupid; on the other, Pygmalion and a ftatue.

A copper medal; on one fide, a warrior, with a branch of palm in his right hand, before him a trophy of war, and behind, a cornu copia; inscription, Mater pacis concordia; on the other fide, a winged rain deer in full flight; infcription, Hoc me natura dotavit 1587. And,

A copy of a book, in 12mo, entitled, La Mort de la Royne D'efcoffe Douairiere de France, printed in the year 1589, with which is bound up a manufcript account of the particulars that paffed from the time of the intimation of her death to her, on the 6th of February, till her execution on the 8th of that month, taken from an old manufcript in the British Mufaeum.

By ALEXANDER HAMILTON of Grange, Efq;

395. A fhilling of Queen Elizabeth, without date.

By Mr GILBERT HAMILTON Merchant in Glasgow.

396. A collection of Scots coins, of which the following is an inventory.

1. A gold coin of King James VI.; on the face, the royal arms; reverse, a sword and ícepter in faltyr, the date 1601.

2. A filver groat of King Robert III. Villa de Perth.

3. A groat of King James II. Villa Aberdeen.

4. Francis and Mary, R. R. Scotor. D. D. vien. 1559.

5. The fame as the laft, but of half the weight, 1560, a crowned thistle, punched in on the face.

6. Queen Mary's real, or 30 fhilling piece, dated 1567, a crowned thistle punched in on the reverse.

7. The

399. Four deeds, viz. 1ft, horning and poinding, in name of Oliver Lord Protector of the commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, at the instance of Mr John Baine writer in Edinburgh, against James Master of Rolle, Sir George Auchinleck fiar of Balmanno, Henry Bruce fiar of Clackmannan, Mr Robert Meldrum of Tulliebodie, Mr Robert Bruce of Kennet, and the deceased William Law writer in Edinburgh, for the fum of two thousand merks Scots, (L. 111: 2: 24 Sterling), with the legal intereft, dated the 26th of May 1657; 2d, act of the town council of Edinburgh, granting to his Grace the Earl of Lauderdale, his Majefty's commiffioner, and his heirs whatever, perpetually, the desk-feat and pew, lying on the weft fide of the Earl of Dunfermline's feat, under the King's loft, within the Eaft Kirk of St Giles, commonly called the Dean's Kirk, and that without any yearly rent to be paid therefor, humbly entreating his Grace to accept of this offer of kindness, and to have an eye more upon their affections from whence the fame proceeds, than upon the small matter of the gift itself; extracted by James Rocheid, and dated the 29th of December 1669; 3d, execution of letters of inhibition of teinds, at the inftance of John Earl of Tweeddale, at the kirk-doors of Dunfermline, Beith, Carnock, Sauling, Dolour, Innerkeithing, Bruntifland, Carnbee, Kinross, Orwell, St Ninian, and Kinglaffie, against the heritors, feuers, farmers, tenants, tackfmen, and others, within the faid parishes, dated the 3d, 10th, 17th, and 24th of Auguft 1679; and, 4th, bond, by twenty-three of the tenants, farmers, and cottars of Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird, obliging themfelves, their wives, bairns, and fervants, to live peaceably and regularly, and free of all fanatical disorders, under pain of lofing one half of their moveables, dated at Kinnaird, the 22d of May 1686.

1783. Jan. 21.

By Mr ALEXANDER BROWN of Glasgow.

400. A fmall ftatue, elegantly executed in lapis fieatites, of a man fitting, his legs folded under him, his head bald, his ears pendulous, with rings in them, like thofe of an eastern bonze, his garment and cloak with an enriched border, both hands fupporting a large ring, a lion's whelp before him, looking up to him, his tail erected. This curious piece of fculpture was given to the Rev. Mr Harrifon, an English clergyman, by fome people who had been employed in diving for the wreck of one of the fhips of the Spanish Armada, wherein it was found; alfo a Chinese stillyard, the beam of ivory 10 inches long, the fcale of brafs 2 inches in diameter, with a fquare brafs weight, all inclofed in a mahogany cafe.

By Mr ALEXANDER COLDSTREAM of Creiff.

401. A copper coin of the Emperor Nero Caefar.

By Dr JOHN AITKEN.

402. Letter, by order of the committee of the parliament of England, for affeffing the eftate of James Lord Mordington, within the bounds of Berwick, in the kingdom of England, in the fum of one hundred pounds fterling, for part payment of the garrison of Berwick, figned by William Armyne and Robert Fewnick, dated at Durham, the 17th of October 1644, and directed for our much honoured friend Collonel Lindfay, Governor at Berwick.

By the Right Hon. the EARL of BUCHAN.

403. A feries of political tracts, published by a fociety for conftitutional information at London, from the year 1780 till the 18th of October 1782, in three pamphlets.

From Mr WILLIAM DUNBAR Writer to the Signet.

404. A filver coin of King James VI.; on one fide, the royal arms of Scotland; on the other, a thistle, both crowned, infcription, Oppidum Edinburgi.

A bodle of the fame King.

A bodle of King William.

Six fmall copper coins of Lewis XIII. King of France, two of them dated in 1638 and

1639, the dates on the others obliterated.

A small copper coin of Gaston Duke of Orleans, dated 1642.

Two Swedi copper coins, one dated 1717, the other 1720.

An old coin of Frifia, the letter R. below the word.

Two coins of Zealand, each dated 1766.

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