The Coin Collector's Manual: Comprising an Historical and Critical Account of the Origin and Progress of Coinage, from the Earliest Period to the Fall of the Roman Empire; with Some Account of the Coinages of Modern Europe, More Especially of Great Britain, Volume 1Bell, 1897 |
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... victory of the sun over the unwholesome vapours of the earth . This was also part of the creed of the Fire - worshippers . The idea that art and civilisation flowed originally from Central Asia appears borne out by these facts , and ...
... victory of the sun over the unwholesome vapours of the earth . This was also part of the creed of the Fire - worshippers . The idea that art and civilisation flowed originally from Central Asia appears borne out by these facts , and ...
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... victory were formed . No. 8 , Plate III . , is a coin of Metapontum ; somewhat more modern , perhaps , but still belonging to the ancient incused period . Metapontum was founded , apparently , by a Pelasgic colony from Chaone , in the ...
... victory were formed . No. 8 , Plate III . , is a coin of Metapontum ; somewhat more modern , perhaps , but still belonging to the ancient incused period . Metapontum was founded , apparently , by a Pelasgic colony from Chaone , in the ...
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... Victory crowning the driver , which forms so frequent a device on many ancient coins , records most probably triumphs at the Olympic games achieved by the citizens of towns issuing coins of this type . The type , in the present instance ...
... Victory crowning the driver , which forms so frequent a device on many ancient coins , records most probably triumphs at the Olympic games achieved by the citizens of towns issuing coins of this type . The type , in the present instance ...
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... victory of the Sicilian chiefs , Gelo and Theron , over the Carthaginians and Anaxilaus the tyrant of Messina , which latter had chosen the hare as his ensign . Others suppose the eagles ( birds of Jove ) to represent the god in a ...
... victory of the Sicilian chiefs , Gelo and Theron , over the Carthaginians and Anaxilaus the tyrant of Messina , which latter had chosen the hare as his ensign . Others suppose the eagles ( birds of Jove ) to represent the god in a ...
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... Victory . CAMARINA , a swan in various positions , sometimes carrying a nymph . CENTURISSA , a bird on a ploughshare . CHALCIS , an eagle and serpent on a thunderbolt . CYME . a kind of diota , or rather a jug with one handle ...
... Victory . CAMARINA , a swan in various positions , sometimes carrying a nymph . CENTURISSA , a bird on a ploughshare . CHALCIS , an eagle and serpent on a thunderbolt . CYME . a kind of diota , or rather a jug with one handle ...
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