An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 27
Of his son Herod, the Archelaus of the Evan-gelists, there is a neat brass coin, reading on oneside HPCOAOY, and on the other eeNAPXOu. … The appropriation of this coin cannot bequestioned; for he was the only prince of theHerodian family who bore the title of Ethnarch^ the collector should be ■waraed. They cannot deceive thepractised eye. It is mortifying to see these forgeries stillfigured in pictorial works illustrative of the…
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