The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)
can only be understood when we place them beside 110 THE BRITONS. [chap. Ill, the more perfect copies from wliicli they Mere imitated. Some-times we only trace the British imitation of the Greek cointhrough an intermediate Gallic copy. To explain better thisgradual degeneration, and furnish at the… … Greek and British Coins. second is a gold coin of one of the Gaulish chiefs, in whichthe head of the king is copied in a very rude manner, withthe wreath round the head; but the cliarioteer and horses areo-iven in a manner much more rude, though still distin-guishable. The name of Philip has been…
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