Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 47
Quintin Craufurd. pourroit le croire , il est dérivé du mot roupam , figure , forme , on pourroit en induire que très - anciennement , aux Indes , l'argent reçevoit une empreinte qui en déterminoit la valeur dans les échanges commerciaux ...
Quintin Craufurd. pourroit le croire , il est dérivé du mot roupam , figure , forme , on pourroit en induire que très - anciennement , aux Indes , l'argent reçevoit une empreinte qui en déterminoit la valeur dans les échanges commerciaux ...
Page 55
... figures de femmes et d'animaux . " * But the money mentioned by him , may be Greek , Roman , or any other coin . Pieces of gold found in the mouths of mummies , exist in several cabinets of Europe ; but as they have no effigy or in* See ...
... figures de femmes et d'animaux . " * But the money mentioned by him , may be Greek , Roman , or any other coin . Pieces of gold found in the mouths of mummies , exist in several cabinets of Europe ; but as they have no effigy or in* See ...
Page 58
... figure de l'animal dont cette pièce devoit être un équivalent . Nous ne pouvons pas nous refuser à reconnoître un grand nombre de monnoies d'argent de la plus haute antiquité , ayant pour type la figure ou la demie - figure d'un boeuf ...
... figure de l'animal dont cette pièce devoit être un équivalent . Nous ne pouvons pas nous refuser à reconnoître un grand nombre de monnoies d'argent de la plus haute antiquité , ayant pour type la figure ou la demie - figure d'un boeuf ...
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... figure of Neptune with a trident in his hand riding on a Pegasus . On Thessalian coins a horse is seen , —the Thessalians being famous horsemen , and their force consisting entirely of cavalry . The Byzantine coins had a dolphin twisted ...
... figure of Neptune with a trident in his hand riding on a Pegasus . On Thessalian coins a horse is seen , —the Thessalians being famous horsemen , and their force consisting entirely of cavalry . The Byzantine coins had a dolphin twisted ...
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... figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Hercules on one side , and on the reverse Jupiter , in a sitting posture . The author , however , remembers to have seen a piece of silver Macedonian money , about the size of a ...
... figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Hercules on one side , and on the reverse Jupiter , in a sitting posture . The author , however , remembers to have seen a piece of silver Macedonian money , about the size of a ...
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