Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 124
len the art of coinage seemslost in Italy. After the extinction of the race of Gothic kings,the coins of the exarchs of Bavenna appear as viceroys of theemperors of the East. These coins are only small copper, andgenerally bear the inscription fellx ravenna. The gold and silver of the Eastern… … COINS OF MODERN ITALY. rule; and we find no Italian coin belonging properly to the mod-ern series till the issues of Charlemagne, at Milan, about 780.He also struck coins at Rome. His Milanese coins have a cross,and on the reverse the monogram of Carolus, with mediol.These types of Milanese coins…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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