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 54
he Eoman emperors the value in-creased until it became, under Justinian, 1 to 14, or 1 to 15. ROMAN SILVER. Silver was first coined in Eome B.C. 269. The style of themost common early silver coins may be seen in the illustrations,Plate X., Figure 7, and Plate XII., Figures 3, 8, and 9. Thesebear…
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