Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Quintin Craufurd. ourroit le croire , il est dérivé du mot upam , figure , forme , on pourroit en in- ire que très - anciennement , aux Indes , rgent reçevoit une empreinte qui en dé- rminoit la valeur dans les échanges com- erciaux ...
Quintin Craufurd. ourroit le croire , il est dérivé du mot upam , figure , forme , on pourroit en in- ire que très - anciennement , aux Indes , rgent reçevoit une empreinte qui en dé- rminoit la valeur dans les échanges com- erciaux ...
Page 55
... figures de femmes et d'ani- aux . " * But the money mentioned by im , may be Greek , Roman , or any other Din . Pieces of gold found in the mouths of ummies , exist in several cabinets of Eu- pe ; † but as they have no effigy or in ...
... figures de femmes et d'ani- aux . " * But the money mentioned by im , may be Greek , Roman , or any other Din . Pieces of gold found in the mouths of ummies , exist in several cabinets of Eu- pe ; † but as they have no effigy or in ...
Page 58
... figure de l'animal dont cette pièce devoit être un équivalent . Nous ne pouvons pas nous refuser à reconnoître un grand nom- bre de monnoies d'argent de la plus haute antiquité , ayant pour type la figure ou 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 nom- bre de monnoies d'argent de la plus haute antiquité , ayant pour type la figure ou demie - figure d'un boeuf ...
Page 65
... figure of Nep- tune with a trident in his hand riding on a Pegasus . On Thessalian coins a horse is seen , —the Thessalians being famous horse- men , and their force consisting entirely of cavalry . The Byzantine coins had a dol- hin ...
... figure of Nep- tune with a trident in his hand riding on a Pegasus . On Thessalian coins a horse is seen , —the Thessalians being famous horse- men , and their force consisting entirely of cavalry . The Byzantine coins had a dol- hin ...
Page 66
... figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Her- cules on one side , and on the reverse Jupi- ter , in a sitting posture . The author , how- ever , remembers to have seen a piece of silver Macedonian money , about the ...
... figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Her- cules on one side , and on the reverse Jupi- ter , in a sitting posture . The author , how- ever , remembers to have seen a piece of silver Macedonian money , about the ...
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