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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... similar forms © * These rings in the Egyptian paintings are merely painted as simple cir- clets of metal , but apparently capable of being opened at one side , so that they might be strung together in the form of a chain . A modern ring ...
... similar forms © * These rings in the Egyptian paintings are merely painted as simple cir- clets of metal , but apparently capable of being opened at one side , so that they might be strung together in the form of a chain . A modern ring ...
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... money before referred to and true coins , as such bars passed by tale rather than by weight ; and I dwell upon them in this place more than I otherwise should do , as from similar spikes or THE MONEY WHICH PRECEDED COINS .
... money before referred to and true coins , as such bars passed by tale rather than by weight ; and I dwell upon them in this place more than I otherwise should do , as from similar spikes or THE MONEY WHICH PRECEDED COINS .
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... similar spikes or bars to those mentioned by Homer originated the names of the two principal Greek coins , the drachma and the obolus , the latter name being formed of a Greek term signifying a spike or small obelisk , and the former ...
... similar spikes or bars to those mentioned by Homer originated the names of the two principal Greek coins , the drachma and the obolus , the latter name being formed of a Greek term signifying a spike or small obelisk , and the former ...
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... similar manner . Nos . 4 and 5 , Plate I. - Of the gold staters of this early period there are also divisions , such as the hemistater or half stater , the distater or double stater ; and also the quarter * A buli was by the Greeks made ...
... similar manner . Nos . 4 and 5 , Plate I. - Of the gold staters of this early period there are also divisions , such as the hemistater or half stater , the distater or double stater ; and also the quarter * A buli was by the Greeks made ...
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... similar to these small Sardian pieces . No 4 has the bull only for type , and the & or S which caused Sestini to attribute these coins to Samos . No. 5 , Plate I. , is of similar fabric and weight to the zcins above described , and is ...
... similar to these small Sardian pieces . No 4 has the bull only for type , and the & or S which caused Sestini to attribute these coins to Samos . No. 5 , Plate I. , is of similar fabric and weight to the zcins above described , and is ...
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