The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Ancient Gaul. Of this series, his collection, comprising some
7,000 pieces, and now added to that in the Bibliotheque Nationale,
is by far the finest that ever was formed. It is to be hoped that
some day or other a complete catalogue of it will be published,
suitably illustrated. The value of such a work would no doubt
have been greater had it been published during M. de Saulcy's
lifetime, as his knowledge of the provenance
and character of
Gaulish corns was such as can only be acquired by long practice ;
and his knowledge of Gaulish history was also very extensive.
Unless rumour speaks falsely, this knowledge
was of some
service to the late Emperor of the French in compiling his life
of Caesar. Unhappily his fortunes, which were much linked
with the Empire, under which he was a member of the Senate,
suffered materially on its fall, and his last years were not alto-
gether unclouded. Personally, M. de Saulcy was a man of fine
presence and courteous manners, always ready to impart know-
ledge, and liberal in his dealings with others. His memory will
long be cherished by those who, like myself, had enjoyed his
friendship for years.
In M. Ferdinand Bompois we have lost another ardent numis-
matist, whose tastes, however, did not range over so wide a
field. His papers on Greek coins appeared, for the most part,
in the " Revue Numismatique," commencing, I believe, in 1863.
He occasionally touched on Roman numismatics, as, for
instance, in his essay on the portraits of Octavia, sister of
Augustus (" Revue Numismatique," 1868), and published at
least one essay on Carlovingian coins. To the " Numismatic
Chronicle " he contributed an interesting paper on an unpublished
didrachm of Ichnse, Macedonia, together with some remarks
on the coins of Dicaeopolis and of the Bottiaeans. 1 His
" Examen chronologique des monnaies frappees par la Com-
munaute des Macedoniens avant, pendant, et apres la conquete
romaine," has already been noticed in our journal, 2 as well as
1 N.8. vol. xiv. pp. 177, 273. 2 N.S. vol. xvii. p. 77.