An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 25
rtraits of a oncemighty dynasty, must always be highly prizedby numismatists. There is one coin, however,which deserves especial notice ; namely, a finetetradrachm of Antiochus Evergetes, bearinghis portrait and the figure of Minerva holding a * Tacit. Annales, lib. ii. c. .56. f See plate of Greek… … was assumed by tlie kings of Syria and Egypt; andwe know, from Joseplius, that the money of theformer was circulating in Jud^a in the time ofour Lords ministry — hence the allusion to thetitle in question — and they that exercise au-thority upon them are called benefactors. * There are coins in…
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