This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...A helmeted horseman, bearing a palm branch.--JE.8%. R.5. 2. Another of the same module, with bearded head. See Sestini, tab. viii. figs. 14 and 15. SAGUNTUM. Now Murviedro. Saguntum was founded by a colony from Zacynthus,3 two hundred years before the Trojan war. Its name appears to have been a corruption of that of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...A helmeted horseman, bearing a palm branch.--JE.8%. R.5. 2. Another of the same module, with bearded head. See Sestini, tab. viii. figs. 14 and 15. SAGUNTUM. Now Murviedro. Saguntum was founded by a colony from Zacynthus,3 two hundred years before the Trojan war. Its name appears to have been a corruption of that of the parent city. It is celebrated for its memorable resistance to Hannibal, hence its title of mvicra. 1. Obv.--Ti. Caesar Divi. Avg. F. Avgvs. Bare head of Tiberius, to the right. ft T. SEMP. GEMINO. L. VAL. SVRA. IIVIR. A galley; above, Sag.; below, D. D. in counter-mark.--JE.7. R.2. (Plate X. No. 14.) There are many varieties of this type, and the sizes also vary. Some have the names H. Baeb. Sobkino L. Arm. Maxvmo Aed. 2. Obv.--Same legend. Head bare, and to the left. ft--A similar legend. The prow of a galley; Victory above, holding a garland, and the letters Sag.--JE.7. R.2. 3. Obv.--Aeml. Popl. Aedl. Bare bearded head. ft--Tinc. Mior. Iivir s. M. Invt. Two ears of corn, placed horizontally; below, a crescent and a globe.--JE.6. R.4. SAGUNTUM AND BARSA? 1. Obv.--Sagvnt. Inv. Helmed head of Minerva, to the right. ft--The prow of a galley, victory above, with a garland; before, a caduceus; below, in Celtiberian characters, Brse.--JE.8. R.3. (British Museum.) There are varieties of this type. Some have the helmet of Minerva winged. M. de Saulcy supposes that the word Birse, or Barsa, indicates some town in alliance with Saguntum, or probably the national name of Saguntum itself.--Essai, p. 77. 2. Obv.--A cockle shell. ft--Sagvn. A dolphin, to the left.--JEA. R.l. There are coins of this type without the word Sagunt., which have above the dolphin a crescent, and the Celtiberian character p, and below, Pf, with three pellets placed thus They ar...
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