The Numismatic ChronicleJohn Yonge Akerman, Sir John Evans, William Sandys Wright Vaux, Frederic William Madden, Barclay Vincent Head, Herbert Appold Grueber, Edward James Rapson, Oliver Codrington, Sir George Francis Hill, George Cyril Brooke Royal Numismatic Society., 1897 - Numismatics With v. 1 is bound; Horta, de, chevalier. Catalogue d'une partie de la collection de médailles. Londres, J. Wertheimer. |
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Aelfwald Agreus allegorical Antiochus Apollon appears Aristaeus Athéna attributed autel Autre ⱭAN Babelon Blau Brit British Museum bronze Bunbury C'est carré creux Catal Catalogue champ cheveux Chron cistophores coinage coins coll collection corbeau cuirassed bust Cyrène Cyzicus d'Alexandre d'Antiochus d'Apollon d'Hercule debout Demos derrière described by Cohen devant didrachme drachm draped Eanred East Worlington Elagabalus electrum été être Exeter figure frappés gauche grènetis half-crowns head hoard Imhoof incuse Laureate legend letters LVND Lycia Magas main droite mark Médie mint mark moneyer monnaies monogramme Montagu Sale Mueller Numism numismatic Obv.-Head Obv.-IMP obverse oval shield P. M. TR Pauly-Wissowa Paxs pennies piece qu'il règne reverse Rhegium Rois de Syrie Sardes satrape sceatta sceptre seated Shillings silver Sixpences sous specimen standing struck stycas Svoronos symbols Syria Termessos tête tétradrachmes THIRD SERIES titre wreath XVII Zeus δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν
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Page 201 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 201 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Page 201 - President, in the chair. The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were read and confirmed. The Report of the Council was presented and accepted.
Page 201 - Vasari was present, remarked that the hour for the death of art had arrived, since it was not possible that a better work could be seen.
Page 201 - The dates following the names of places on the reverse of this medal are the years in which Sir Moses Montefiore visited them for his philanthropic purposes. The medal was struck after his return from Morocco in 1864. (For a notice of Sir Moses Montefiore, see under Medal No.
Page 113 - Head writes concerning this figure: "For my own part I am inclined to look upon him as a divinity of the nature of Agreus or Aristaeus, the Patron of rural life and pursuits. The shepherd's dog, the duck, and the crow, frequently seen under or beside his seat, would thus stand in some sort of intimate relation to the main type; whereas, if the figure is Demos they must be regarded merely as adjunct symbols unconnected with the principal figure.
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Page 39 - pater patriae," which typically appears on Roman Imperial coinage). The reverse type is a figure of the Tyche of Mopsus standing facing, head left, holding the handle of a rudder in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left. The legend reads AAPIANWN MOVEATWN ("of the Hadrianic Mopsians"). Tyche was the goddess or personification of good fortune (the Latin Fortuna), whom today we might nickname "Lady Luck.
Page 206 - Wales. 1884 BUICK, DAVID, ESQ., LL.D., Sandy Bay, Larne Harbour, Ireland. 1881 BULL, REV. HERBERT A., Wellington House, Westgate-onSea. 1897 BURN, RICHABD, ESQ., Allahabad, India.
Page 42 - Hope to 1., holding a flower in her right hand, and raising her robe with her left.