Download or read book Symbolism on Greek Coins written by Agnes Baldwin Brett and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbolism on Greek Coins written by Agnes Baldwin Brett and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbolism on Greek Coins written by Agnes Baldwin Brett and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbolism on Greek Coins Classic Reprint written by Agnes Baldwin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Symbolism on Greek Coins Geoy yloc (=d1v1 F[ilius] on Roman Imperial coins) means 'son of the Deified not 'son of God' as in the acrostic. How ever, one should not beg the question of. Imperial deification which was tacitly acknowledged during the life-time of the reigning emperor as well as openly concurred in after his death. It was only one step more from the cult of: the dead to that of the living emperor.1 The Chris tians of Alexandria may therefore have seen in the phrase an implica tion of divinity. But Alexandria was not the original home of the symbolism, the monuments on which it first occurs being found in Rome.2 Again, it is doubtful if the symbolism was known as early as the First Century A. D. There are no monuments bearing it which can be dated much before the middle of the Second Century. Furthermore, the fish symbol is not mentioned in the Physiologus (6 (dumoxdyoe), a work on animal symbolism written by an Alexandrian Greek about the first half of this same Century. This treatise is a sort of Natural History, a compendium of marvellous tales explaining the mystical meanings of animals and plants with moral applications, a kind of theological zool ogy and botany. If the fish symbol was in use at the time of this alle gorical manual, we should certainly expect to find it here recorded. The Christian fathers, too, before Tertullian, end of. The Second Cen tury, make no reference to the symbol. It is safe to assume, then, that the symbolism was not widely current in Rome until about 150 A. D. (round date). Mowat's theory which is full of improbabilities, and extremely artificial, would not require more than passing notice if it were not for the fact that it has been adopted as the generally accepted interpretation in a recent handbook on Christian archaeology of con siderable authority, (k. M. Kaufmann, Handbuch der christlichen Archaologie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Types of Greek Coins written by Percy Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins written by John R. Melville-Jones and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Greek Coins written by Frank Sherman Benson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Uses of Symbolism in Greek Art written by Janet M. Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Greek Coins written by Alfred Watson Hands and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Watson Hands' book is a comprehensive guide to Greek coins, covering the coinage of prominent cities like Athens, Corinth, and Aegina, as well as the Mediterranean kingdoms ruled by Alexander the Great. The book also discusses the symbolism behind each coin and provides a history of the period in which they were minted. This book is a must-have for numismatists, historians and anyone interested in the history of Ancient Greece. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Greek Coins and History Some Current Problems written by Colin M. Kraay and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Types of Greek Coins written by Percy Gardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Types of Greek Coins: An Archaeological Essay Pollux, in his valuable chapter on coins, which in fact contains nearly all the information handed down to us from antiquity on the subject, says that it was among the Greeks a disputed point which was the first nation or prince to strike coins. Some, he says, ascribed the invention to the Athenians, some to the Naxians, some to Pheidon, king of Argos, some to Demodice, wife of the Phrygian Midas, some to the Lydians. We are able now, better than Pollux, better even than Aristotle, who was one of his principal authorities, to determine the respective claims of these pretenders. The Naxians certainly issued coin early, but both in type and weight it is only a copy of that of Aegina. Of the coinage of Athens no specimens which have reached us are of earlier date than the reforms of Solon, about b.c. 560, and it is almost certain that there were coins in Greece before that time. As to Midas we can only say that we do not know of any early Phrygian coinage. The Lydians and Pheidon, king of Argos, remain, and the claims of both to the invention of coinage are supported by grave authorities. Let us first consider what precise meaning is to be attached to the phrase 'invention of coinage.' A coin is, of course, a lump of any precious metal of fixed weight, and stamped with the mark of some authority which guarantees the weight and fineness of the coin, and so its value. The so-called leathern money of the Carthaginians, if it ever existed, did not consist of coins, because not of metal; a lump of gold or silver, such as still constitutes currency in China, is not a coin, because it is not stamped by authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Greek Coins written by Ian Carradice and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many traditions we have inherited from the ancient Greeks, the use of coins should rank as one of the most important. From its first appearance in the region of Lydia (western Turkey) in the late-17th century BC, coinage gradually spread throughout the Greek world, and the history of the ancient Greeks is reflected in its evolution. Designs on Greek coins include the badges of city-states, portraits of rulers, images of Greek gods, scenes from myths and objects of daily life, and are often works of art in themselves. The dies, carved by craftsmen, sometimes bear the name or initials of the mint official responsible for their issue, and the coins might have circulated in trade, been used as gifts or dedications, or hoarded as valuables.
Download or read book Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins written by Zander H. Klawans and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage written by William E. Metcalf and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship.
Download or read book Archaic and Classical Greek Coins written by Colin M. Kraay and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Parent Cities written by George Francis Hill and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunningly illustrated guide to ancient Greek coins provides a detailed exploration of their history, meaning, and design. Featuring beautiful full-color photographs and insightful commentary, this book is an ideal resource for anyone interested in the art and culture of ancient Greece. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Money written by Nikolaos Chr Stampolidēs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
