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 52
alls on one and four on theother indicate the number of ounces in each coin. The as was used by the boys of Rome as coppers are now,and instead of Head or Tail, they cried Heads or Ship— Capita aut Navem—alluding to the heads of Janus and theprow of the ship on the opposite sides of the coin; and… … ROMAN GOLD AND SILVER. phrases in various languages is one of the most interesting studiesconnected with the science of numismatics. ROMAN GOLD. The Eoman gold coin, which was the standard, was called theaureus, or the aureus nummus. Its value in modern Americangold would be within a small fraction…
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