 | John Pinkerton - 1784 - 366 pages
...inftance of a confular coin of which a counterfeit is current. But it is eafily rejedted by this mark : in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard, or hilt, of the daggers ; in the falfe the top of it rifes above that hilt. It is in the grandeft feries in the world, the imperial... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 416 pages
...confular coin of which a counterfeit is known. But it is eafily rejccbd by this mark : in the trne coin the cap of liberty is below the guard or hilt of the daggers ; in the falfe, the top of it rifes above that hilt." '1 he imperial feries of medals is the grand objeft of... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 490 pages
...instance of a consular coin of which a counterfeit is known-. But it is easily rejected by this mark: in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard,...in the false, the top of it rises above that hilt. It is in the grandest series in the world, the imperial series of Rome, that modern forgery has almost... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 486 pages
...instance of a consular coin of which a counterfeit is known. But it is easily rejected by this mark: in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard,...in the false, the top of it rises above that hilt. It is in the grandest series in the world, the imperial series of Rome, that modern forgery has almost... | |
 | 1816 - 778 pages
...inflance of a confular coin of which a counterfeit is known. But it is eafily rejefted by this mark : in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard or hilt of the daggers ; in the falfe, the top of it rife« above that hilt. The imperial feriea of medals is thc^rand objefl of modern... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 pages
...instance of a consular coin of which a counterfeit is known. But it is easily rejected by this mark : in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard...the daggers; in the false the top of it rises above tin, t hilt. The imperial series of medals is the grand object of modern medallic forgeries; and the'... | |
 | 1839
...instance of a consular coin of which a counterfeit Is known. But it is easily rejected by this mark : in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard...of the daggers ; in the false, the top of it rises atmve that hilt." The imperial series of medals is the grand obj?ct of modern medallic forgeries; and... | |
 | 1895 - 260 pages
...cap of liberty and two daggers is the chief instance known. But it is easily rejected by this mark : in the true coin the cap of liberty is below the guard...the daggers, in the false the top of it rises above the hilts. In recent years, a number of rare denarii struck in lead and plated have found their way... | |
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Of the Roman consular coins not very many have ever been forged. The celebrated silver denarius of Brutus, with the cap of liberty and two daggers, is the chief instance of a consular coin of which a counterfeit is known. But it is easily rejected by... 