Former French Navy general Joseph Pellerin went on to become a renowned numismatist and archeologist. He was one of the pioneers of numismatic science because of his collection of medals of monarchs, peoples, and cities. The French king purchased his collection in 1776, and it is currently housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Ish-gjenerali i Marinës Franceze, Joseph Pellerin, u bë një studjues monedhash dhe arkeolog i njohur. Ai ishte një nga pionierët e shkencës numizmatike për shkak të koleksionit të tij të medaljeve të monarkëve, popujve dhe qyteteve. Mbreti francez e bleu koleksionin e tij në vitin 1776 dhe aktualisht ndodhet në Bibliothèque Nationale de France. In 1759 Joseph Pellerin wrote a letter to his friend  Jean-François Séguier about the discoveries of his coins. Seguier was a French archaeologist, epigraphist, astronomer and botanist from Nîmes.  In the letter to his friend Joseph Pellerin revealed that the ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ coins he had assumed to be Lyd...