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... Severus and the Gordians , from which time , though with occasional gleams of revival , it falls rapidly into degradation ; the artists of the Lower Empire having been more busied with embroidery , than with sculpture or medals ...
... Severus and the Gordians , from which time , though with occasional gleams of revival , it falls rapidly into degradation ; the artists of the Lower Empire having been more busied with embroidery , than with sculpture or medals ...
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... Severus , and was then deteriorated only in a few instances , the weight fluctuating rather than the standard ; whence , as with Darics and Attic drachmas , they were in great esteem in cur- rency . Integrity of metal made some coins ...
... Severus , and was then deteriorated only in a few instances , the weight fluctuating rather than the standard ; whence , as with Darics and Attic drachmas , they were in great esteem in cur- rency . Integrity of metal made some coins ...
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... Severus into a Pertinax ; young Gordian into an Africanus ; and Philip the elder into an Emilianus . At other times common coins of a particular reign were melted down , to supply metal for recasting rarer ones of the same Emperor ; and ...
... Severus into a Pertinax ; young Gordian into an Africanus ; and Philip the elder into an Emilianus . At other times common coins of a particular reign were melted down , to supply metal for recasting rarer ones of the same Emperor ; and ...
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... .. Pescennius Niger Albinus Severus Julia Domna Plautilla Geta .......... Macrinus Diadumenianus Elagabalus 1 5 17 7 18 1 8 8 3 3 1 1 Claudius 6 Britannicus 1 Agrippina Junior 1 Cornelia Paula ....... Aquilia Severa .. Annia Faustina ...
... .. Pescennius Niger Albinus Severus Julia Domna Plautilla Geta .......... Macrinus Diadumenianus Elagabalus 1 5 17 7 18 1 8 8 3 3 1 1 Claudius 6 Britannicus 1 Agrippina Junior 1 Cornelia Paula ....... Aquilia Severa .. Annia Faustina ...
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... Severus , the officer who was recalled from Britain to conduct this bloody war , has been erroneously termed " Severus , who afterwards became Emperor ; " for Septimius Severus , who acquired the Purple , was not born till the 8th year ...
... Severus , the officer who was recalled from Britain to conduct this bloody war , has been erroneously termed " Severus , who afterwards became Emperor ; " for Septimius Severus , who acquired the Purple , was not born till the 8th year ...
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Agrippina Alexander altar Antoninus Pius ANTONINVS AVG attired Augustorum Augustus AVGG AVGVSTA Balbinus beard bearing brass brown patina CAES CAESAR Caligula Caracalla CCCXCV Claudius coins commemorate Commodus condition Consul iterum Consul tertium cornucopię countenance covered crown curule chair death Decius denarii device DIVI Domitian Drusus Eckhel Elagabalus empire excellent preservation exergum S. C. expression father Faustina Felix field S. C. figure Galba Gallienus Germanicus goddess Gordian Hadrian hair holds honour Imperator Cęsar Marcus inscribed Julia large-brass laureated profile laurelled head left hand legend Lucius Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Maximinus naked neck Nero Nerva Obverse P. M. TR Pater Patrię patina Pertinax PIVS AVG Pontifex Maximus portrait Prętorian Prince procured Pupienus purchased reign represented Reverse right hand Roman Rome S. C. The Emperor seated Senate Severus shew shoulders silver small-brass soldiers standing struck A. D. temple Tiberius Titus togated Trajan Trattle's sale Tribunitia potestate Verus Vespasian Victory
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Page 267 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
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