Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 411
anattitude, a force and a delicacy, in the expression even of the muscles and veins of ir^manfigures, and they are supported by so high a relief, that they infinitely surpass both the Romanmedals and most of the moderns. (.Priestley, as above cited. Lect. vi.) § 94. We cannot determine, with… … p. IV. COINS AND MEDALS. 351 asserted by different authors in favur of the Lydians, the ^ginetans, the Thessa-hans, and the Phoenicians, as being the first, who used coined money. 1 u. Homer makes no mention of coined money; which renders it probable thatduring the age of this poet, or at least in…
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