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The coin collector (1896)

Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 · London : G. Redway · leaf 130

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--■ *L j ^ ^^ J j - … ROME The first essays in the direction of striking gold andhigher values in silver seem to have been equally dueto the exigencies of war, and to have been temporaryexperiments independent of the normal coinage. Weallude, of course, to the scripulum of 20 sesterces andits multiples of 40 and 60 in…

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