Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 418
00 bezants, was invested by him with the sovereigntyof the island, of which he took possession May 1192. Guynow resigned his claims to the throne of Jerusalem, anddevoted himself to restoring order and tranquility in theisland. But he reigned scarcely two years, and, perhaps,never actually assumed… … Pig. 325. Hoard of Coins in a Jar. Ten-a-cotta. found at Salamis, containing a mass of bronze coins en-crusted together so thoroughly, that very little could be 302 COINS. deciphered upon tliem. The jar was closed with a flatstone (fig. 32G) of ii-regular shape, having upon itseveral lines of Greek…
