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 38
t B.C. 870, and not long after the Ionian gold. An ex-ample of it is visible in Plate II., Figure 6, and another, of a laterdate, showing an improved style of art, in the same plate, Figure9. The die was at first used, as before described, with a punch,which left its mark on the reverse. The… … II. IJroigrm of t\)t 2lrt among Ancient Nations. From these crude beginnings the art of coinage advanced to astage of beauty in early periods which has hardly been surpassedeven in our day of splendid medals. But this advance was notinstantaneous. It was measured, gradual, and slow. The firststep…
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