An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 183
170 CONTINENTAL MONEY. Many of these pieces bear a full-faced portrait ofsome saint or ecclesiastic; others have the repre-sentation of a gate or tower of a city, and are alsostruck on a thin flan of metal, the back being incuse.The transition from the bracteate to the coinstamped on both sides, is… … which is remarkable for its bearing a type intendedto hand down to posterity the record of an histo-rical event. The obverse represents the emperorFrederick Barbarossa with the imperial insignia,seated, his sword-bearer standing near him. Thereverse exhibits an armed man chasing a lionwho retires…
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