A Numismatic Manual: Or, Guide to the Study of Greek, Roman, and English Coins: with Plates from the OriginalsEffingham Wilson, 1832 - 170 עמודים |
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עמוד 12
... grains ; the Hemidrachm , or Triobolion , of 33 grains ; the Diobolion , one third of the drachm , and weighing about 22 grains ; the Obolus , of 11 grains ; the Hemiobolion of 5 grains ; and the Tetartobolion , or quarter Obolus , a ...
... grains ; the Hemidrachm , or Triobolion , of 33 grains ; the Diobolion , one third of the drachm , and weighing about 22 grains ; the Obolus , of 11 grains ; the Hemiobolion of 5 grains ; and the Tetartobolion , or quarter Obolus , a ...
עמוד 60
... grains in the reign of Heraclius , with whom they ended , they are of ten grains only , the quina- rius then weighing but five grains . the A few words will suffice for a notice of the gold coinage of the Romans , which , as we are in ...
... grains in the reign of Heraclius , with whom they ended , they are of ten grains only , the quina- rius then weighing but five grains . the A few words will suffice for a notice of the gold coinage of the Romans , which , as we are in ...
עמוד 137
... grains , so that it would appear that they were only trial pieces . They have the king's bust and a star on each side , within a sort of quartfoil , formed by a double dotted line , with four roses in the angles between it and the inner ...
... grains , so that it would appear that they were only trial pieces . They have the king's bust and a star on each side , within a sort of quartfoil , formed by a double dotted line , with four roses in the angles between it and the inner ...
עמוד 140
... grains troy , and the other pieces in proportion . Before the forty - ninth of Henry the sixth the groat weighs but sixty troy grains ; after that period it was reduced to forty - eight grains . The other coins of these three kings ...
... grains troy , and the other pieces in proportion . Before the forty - ninth of Henry the sixth the groat weighs but sixty troy grains ; after that period it was reduced to forty - eight grains . The other coins of these three kings ...
עמוד 146
... grains , which he supposes is a quadruple testoon , but which some are inclined to think is a medal . EDWARD VI . , 1547 . ( First Coinage ) . Obverse . The money of the first coinage of this king is of the same baseness as that of the ...
... grains , which he supposes is a quadruple testoon , but which some are inclined to think is a medal . EDWARD VI . , 1547 . ( First Coinage ) . Obverse . The money of the first coinage of this king is of the same baseness as that of the ...
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Alexander Antiochus ANTONINUS Antony Arsaces Augusta base silver bust Cæsar Cæsarea CHALCIS cities Cleopatra coinage Colonia Colonia Julia Commodus Constantine copper cross crown denarii didrachm Domitian drachm eagle Edward Edward III Elagabalus English coins farthing Felix full faced full-faced gold coins grains GREEK CIVIC COINS Greek coins groat half-crown half-groat half-penny half-shillings head of Apollo head of Jupiter hemidrachm Henry VII IMPERIAL COINS indented square inner circle INSULA king Laureated head legend letters lion Macedon Mark Antony medals Millingen monarchs Moneta moneyers Municipium obverse Officina Pecunia pellets pennies Philip Phoenicia pieces PLATE portrait prince Ptolemy quinarii rare Rarity regal coins reign restored by Titus Restored by Trajan ROMAN COINS rude Saxon scarce second and third second brass Sestertius Severus shillings Signata silver coins silver drachm silver tetradrachm Spain star struck testoon tetra tetradrachm third brass Varieties 3 Varieties Varieties Restored Wife
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עמוד 126 - It is enclosed by walls of great solidity, portions of which are supposed to be as old as the time of the Visigoths.
עמוד 77 - England. COL. CASILIN. Colonia Casilinum, Castellazo in Italy. COL. CL. PTOL. Colonia Claudia Ptolemais, Acre in Phoenicia. COL.
עמוד viii - You have on medals a long list of heathen deities, distinguished from each other by their proper titles and ornaments. You see the copies of several statues that have had the politest nations of the world fall down before them. You have here, too, several persons of a more thin and shadowy nature, as Hope, Constancy, Fidelity, Abundance, Honour, Virtue, Eternity, Justice, Moderation, Happiness, and, in short, a whole creation of the like imaginary substances. To these you may add the Genies of nations,...
עמוד 62 - A PARTH. RECVP. CivibuS et Signis Militaribus a Parthis Recuperatis. CN. Cneius. COEL. Coelius. CON. OB. Constantinopoli Obsignata, or Constantinopoli Officina secunda, or Conflata obryzo. COL. Colonia. CONS. svo. Conservator! suo. CONCORD. Concordia. CL. v. Clypeus Votivus. COMM.
עמוד ix - In devices of this nature one sees a pretty poetical invention, and may often find as much thought on the reverse of a medal as in a canto of Spenser. Not to interrupt you, says Eugenius, I fancy it is this use of medals that has recommended them to several history painters, who, perhaps, without this assistance, would have found it very difficult to have invented such an airy species of beings, when they are obliged to put a moral virtue into colours...
עמוד vii - You here see the Alexanders, Caesars, Pompeys, Trajans, and the whole catalogue of heroes, who have many of them so distinguished themselves from the rest of mankind, that we almost look upon them as another species. It is an agreeable amusement to compare in our own thoughts the face of a great man with the character that authors have given us of him, and to try if we can find out in hia looks and features either the haughty, cruel, or merciful temper, that discovers itself in the history of his...
עמוד 78 - AVG. DD Colonia Julia Concordia Apamea Augusta Decreto Decurionum COL. IVL. PATER. NAR. Colonia Julia Paterna Narbonensis COL. NEM. Colonia Nemausus COL. NICEPH. COND. Colonia Nicephorium Condita, in - Mesopotamia...
עמוד 141 - A very uncommon and singular coin, charged with the royal arms, but without a name. It is, by the make and size, a French gross, and is supposed to have been coined by the Duchess of Burgundy for Perkin Warbeck, when he set out to invade England, in the year 1494.
עמוד 79 - Colonia Romana Felix Aug. Flavia Caesarea Metropolis. The same. COL. ROM. Colonia Romulea, or Seville. COL. ROM. LVG. Colonia Romana Lugdunum. COL. RVS. LEG. vi. Colonia Ruscino Legio Sexta, at Roussillon in France.
עמוד 141 - ... in breadth. The seal is of the plate and wax type. On the obverse appears a figure of the emperor seated on his throne, with the sceptre in his right hand and the globe in his left; a shield, with the crowned imperial eagle, occupies the space on the one side of the throne, and a corresponding shield, with the crowned Bohemian lion with two tails, occupies the space on the other side; and round the margin runs the legend, Karolus quartus divina...