Early Christian numismatics, and other antiquarian tracts (1873)
King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell & Daldy · leaf 160
chiefly levied in Gaul. The first appellative will at once indicate the origin of the unique horned head- piece in enamelled bronze, found some years ago in the Thames at Waterloo Bridge (now in the possession of the Conservators of the river), which, being mis- taken for a mediteval relic, goes,… … nexed woodcut. These unwieldy swords were made of untempered iron, as we learn from Polybius. “ Their swords have 1 The whole passage is preserved by A. G-ellins (ix. 13), and well deserves the encomium he passes upon it.
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