The Numismatic ChronicleRoyal Numismatic Society., 1887 With v. 1 is bound; Horta, de, chevalier. Catalogue d'une partie de la collection de médailles. Londres, J. Wertheimer. |
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... known and appreciated both here and abroad , and there is no student of that science , particularly in connec- tion with our English series , who is not deeply indebted to you for the recorded results of your energy and research . You ...
... known and appreciated both here and abroad , and there is no student of that science , particularly in connec- tion with our English series , who is not deeply indebted to you for the recorded results of your energy and research . You ...
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... known , and the starting - point for future investigations as to this interesting series . Professor Gardner has made us acquainted with the principal Greek coins acquired for the British Museum in 1885 , among which are some remarkable ...
... known , and the starting - point for future investigations as to this interesting series . Professor Gardner has made us acquainted with the principal Greek coins acquired for the British Museum in 1885 , among which are some remarkable ...
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... known , as the artist who designed this of Viscount Montagu . A most useful Index to the Personal Medals in the British Museum of later date than the accession of George III , has been furnished to us by Mr. Warwick Wroth , and forms a ...
... known , as the artist who designed this of Viscount Montagu . A most useful Index to the Personal Medals in the British Museum of later date than the accession of George III , has been furnished to us by Mr. Warwick Wroth , and forms a ...
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... known , and so long ago as 1828 , when still Viscount Cole , he became a Fellow of the Geological Society . For many years before his decease his eyesight began to fail , but until the last he maintained his interest in his favourite ...
... known , and so long ago as 1828 , when still Viscount Cole , he became a Fellow of the Geological Society . For many years before his decease his eyesight began to fail , but until the last he maintained his interest in his favourite ...
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... known is a Guide to the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland - with their value - published in 1884 , of which a short notice appeared in the Numismatic Chronicle . On this work he bestowed the leisure hours of some years and I believe ...
... known is a Guide to the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland - with their value - published in 1884 , of which a short notice appeared in the Numismatic Chronicle . On this work he bestowed the leisure hours of some years and I believe ...
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Page 199 - Est aliud mirabile in regione quse dicitur Buelt. Est ibi cumulus lapidum, et unus lapis superpositus super congestum, cum vestigio canis in eo. Quando venatus est porcum Troynt, impressit Cabal, qui erat canis Arthuri militis, vestigium in lapide, et Arthur postea congregavit congestum lapidum sub lapide in quo erat vestigium canis sui, et vocatur Carn Cabal.
Page 13 - President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last Anniversary Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Page 235 - ... beheld him ascend to heaven, borne in the arms of angels. Devotional pictures of St. Ambrose alone as patron saint do not often occur. In general he wears the episcopal pallium with the mitre and crosier as bishop : the bee-hive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge is a received emblem of the castigation of sin : in the hand of St. Ambrose it may signify the penance inflicted on the Emperor Theodosius ; or, as others...
Page 340 - Defacing to one year's imprisonment who defaces any current gold, silver or copper coin by stamping thereon any names or words, whether such coin is or is not thereby diminished or lightened, and afterwards tenders the same. 55-56 V., c. 29, s. 469. 560. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable Possessing to seven years' imprisonment who unlawfully has in his custody etcppl^fg9c'ur.
Page 208 - The association of our Carausius with the British Constantine indicated by the present coin may at least be taken as evidence that the new Caesar stood forth as the representative of the interests of the Constantinian dynasty in the island as against the faction of the rebel Gerontius and his barbarian allies. It is not unlikely even that he belonged to the same family as Constantine III.
Page 166 - Paros and decorated by the statues of gods and heroes, and the lover of the arts must read with a sigh that the works of Praxiteles or Lysippus were torn from their lofty pedestals and hurled into the ditch on the heads of the besiegers...
Page 203 - Admitting, however, that the great majority of these inscriptions range from the middle of the fifth to the end of the sixth...
Page 139 - ... might have melted down coins of a more valuable metal. Add to all this, that the designs were invented by men of genius, and executed by a decree of senate.
Page 235 - ... expression, and shows to what a pitch of excellence the Vivarini family had attained in these characteristics of the Venetian school, long before it had become a school. Most of the single figures of St. Ambrose represent him in his most popular character, that of the stern adversary of the Arians. I remember (in the Frari at Venice) a picture in which St. Ambrose in his episcopal robes is mounted on a white charger, and flourishing on high his triple scourge. The Arians are trampled under his...
Page 139 - 3. That there be a society established for the finding out of proper subjects, inscriptions, and devices.