The Numismatic ChronicleRoyal Numismatic Society., 1885 With v. 1 is bound; Horta, de, chevalier. Catalogue d'une partie de la collection de médailles. Londres, J. Wertheimer. |
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... tetradrachms of the earlier and later style made in Southern Arabia we give in Pl . VIII . , Nos . 5 and 6.5 5 For a ... tetradrachm and the Trésor de San'á . The Corinthian coins , which more nearly resemble the early THE MORPHOLOGY OF ...
... tetradrachms of the earlier and later style made in Southern Arabia we give in Pl . VIII . , Nos . 5 and 6.5 5 For a ... tetradrachm and the Trésor de San'á . The Corinthian coins , which more nearly resemble the early THE MORPHOLOGY OF ...
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... tetradrachms , which , so far as they themselves had a distinct parentage , must be affiliated to the tetradrachms of Athens , which at an earlier period had enjoyed so wide a circulation , and whose place the tetradrachms of Alexander ...
... tetradrachms , which , so far as they themselves had a distinct parentage , must be affiliated to the tetradrachms of Athens , which at an earlier period had enjoyed so wide a circulation , and whose place the tetradrachms of Alexander ...
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... tetradrachm of Delphi , hav- ing on the obverse DAAPIKON in archaic characters , and two rams ' heads ; reverse , incuse ... tetradrachms , with the reverse inscription AOE O AEMOX instead of the usual magistrates ' names . Dr. Ulrich ...
... tetradrachm of Delphi , hav- ing on the obverse DAAPIKON in archaic characters , and two rams ' heads ; reverse , incuse ... tetradrachms , with the reverse inscription AOE O AEMOX instead of the usual magistrates ' names . Dr. Ulrich ...
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