'Bell compiled his own catalogue, entitled ‘Numismata Penes Beaupreum Bell’ and dated to 1740. It begins with two early Roman Republican bronzes (‘Romanorum pondera’), but the following section on Republican denarii (‘Nummi Familiarum’) was never written. Bell left 13 pages for them, suggesting quite an extensive collection, as he reguarly included more than ten coins per page for his imperial coins. The detailed catalogue of Roman imperial coins, both bronze and silver, sets out the legends and gives fairly brief descriptions, generally good, but often vague and sometimes erroneous (‘Mulier stans’ or ‘Mulier insidens’ for coins of Claudius, which actually depict the togate emperor). The vagueness of the descriptions and the gaps in the legends suggest that the condition of the coins may not have been very good. Surprisingly, Bell does not seem to have used any reference book, such as Occo/ Mediobarbus to help him (although he does once cite Vaillant for a coin of Trajan). For some of the later Roman coins, however, he had checked in Banduri’s book, noting when a coin was not in Banduri, and once referring to Haym instead.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 391)
