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 50
inhabited Italy when Eome was in its infancy.The first coinage of copper seems to have been Eoman. Theycommenced it in the time of Servius Tullius, B.C. 578. EOMAN COPPER. The earliest Eoman coinage was of the metal called Aes. Ithas been much disputed whether there was any zinc in its…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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