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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... succession of small wavelets . The meaning of this border in the present instance is placed beyond a doubt by the treatment of the water beneath the swan on the reverse of this coin . The beautiful female figure , gracefully forming a ...
... succession of small wavelets . The meaning of this border in the present instance is placed beyond a doubt by the treatment of the water beneath the swan on the reverse of this coin . The beautiful female figure , gracefully forming a ...
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... succession of conflicts of various character , was , towards the close of a long reign of forty - two years , so embroiled with the mighty republic , that a decisive war became inevitable , and the contest ended in the downfall of the ...
... succession of conflicts of various character , was , towards the close of a long reign of forty - two years , so embroiled with the mighty republic , that a decisive war became inevitable , and the contest ended in the downfall of the ...
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... succession would be impossible . My general plan , however , will be to leave such series as extend greatly beyond the Christian era to be described last , so as not to have to retrace our steps in order to notice a number of coins of a ...
... succession would be impossible . My general plan , however , will be to leave such series as extend greatly beyond the Christian era to be described last , so as not to have to retrace our steps in order to notice a number of coins of a ...
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... succession of independent princes of Cyprus . Evagoras , pretending to be a descendant of Teucer , the ancient prince of Salamis , revolted from the government of Persia , in the year 391 B.C. , and established an independent government ...
... succession of independent princes of Cyprus . Evagoras , pretending to be a descendant of Teucer , the ancient prince of Salamis , revolted from the government of Persia , in the year 391 B.C. , and established an independent government ...
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... succession with his three younger brothers . Nicomedes I. ( from 278 to 250 B.c. ) . This prince placed his portrait on the coins which he issued , which is the first of this series with which we are acquainted ; for , if his father ...
... succession with his three younger brothers . Nicomedes I. ( from 278 to 250 B.c. ) . This prince placed his portrait on the coins which he issued , which is the first of this series with which we are acquainted ; for , if his father ...
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