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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 36

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PERSIAN DAEICS. II., Figure 4, is a rare coin of early Assyrian or Persian times.The large daric of silver (Plate II., Figure 3) is not earlier thanthe time of Cambyses. The name of the coin has been by somesupposed to be derived from Darius, by others from an old Per-sian word signifying royalty.…

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