'There is a short list, in the Bodleian Library, among the papers of Thomas Smith and later acquired by Thomas Hearne in 1711. It was described by Smith as ‘Inscriptions of Medals belonging to ye E. of Clarendon’. There is no explicit indication of authorship, and, since it refers to Vaillant’s book, it must have been made after Clarendon’s death when, as Evelyn reports, the collection was in the possession of his son, the 2nd Earl (1638–1709).
The list itself is entitled, ‘A Collection of the Medalls of the Roman Emperors belonging to the right honble the Earle of Clarendon,’ and describes 54 coins from the
Roman Republic to Magnentius, in the fourth century. An additional piece of paper has been tipped in, with references for 40 of the coins to Vaill[ant], Angeloni and Occo. The coins are nearly all bronzes, probably all sestertii, and Clarendon collected one per emperor: only Otho is missing, and several rarities appear (Didius Julianus, Diadumenian, Gordian I and II), although we have no way of judging their authenticity. The list therefore shows considerable discernment,andindicatesthatthecollection, small though it may have been, was put together by someone with a keen interest in history. Some of the reverses are among the most interesting of the period, such as Nero’s harbour at Ostia, Trajan’s triumphal arch, Hadrian’s Disciplina type, and Severus’s Victoriae Britannicae. A small collection, but a choice one.' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 366-7)
