MEDAL STRUCK BY CHARLES XII.—RUDBECK'S ATLANTICA

Although no numismatist, yet, being resident at Stockholm, I have taken steps to enable me to reply to L.'s Query (Vol. ii., p. 408. of "NOTES AND QUERIES") respecting Charles XII.'s medal in commemoration of the victory at Holowzin. No copy of the medal exists in the cabinet of the Royal Museum of Antiquities; but in that belonging to the National Bank, there is a very fine example of it in copper, and the inscriptions are as follow: On the Reverse:—"*Silvæ. Paludes. Aggeres. Hostes. Victi.*" In the Exergue:—"*Moschi ad Holowzinum victi A. 1708 3/14 Jul.*" And round the margin the verse from…