An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 14
ER AU-THORITIES TO PHIDO THE ARGIVE — CHA-RACTERISTICS OF THE EARLIEST COINAGE— REYIEW OF THE SERIES OF GREEK REGALCOINS. Leaving the question of tlie invention of coin-age still open to tlie inquiries and discussions ofArchaeologists, we can turn to many specimens ofconsiderable antiquity. The… … * Clio, c. 94.B 2 ORIGIN OF COINAGE. first struck silver coin in the island of ^g-ina*.These coins exist in considerable numbers ; andthe rudest and earliest are easily procurable. The earliest coins of Lydian origin are, likethose of the Peloponnesus, stamped on one sideonly, as in the example…
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