...common application of a seal to wax. The earliest coins may be therefore looked upon as pieces of scaled metal, which in fact they are ; it being well known,...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of their city ; or some equally sacred and well-known emblem : and even with respect to the inhabitants...

...from GENT. MAO. VOL. XV. the common application of a seal to wax. The earliest coins may therefore le looked upon as pieces of sealed metal, which in fact...impress by public authority of the symbol of the tutelar deity of their city, or some equally sacred and wellknown emblem; and even with respect to the inhabitants...

...sealed metal, which in fact they are, it being well known, that at first, coins were impressed onlyonone side. No device that could be imagined was so well...impress by public authority of the symbol of the tutelar deity of their city, or some equally sacred and wellknown emblem ; and even with respect to the inhabitants...

...the invention of coinage, it appears highly probable, that the original idea of impressing a stamp on uncoined lumps of gold and silver was derived from...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of their city or of some equally sacred and well known emblem."* An explanation so obvious can hardly...

...the invention of coinage, it appears highly probable, that the original idea of impressing a stamp on uncoined lumps of gold and silver was derived from...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of their city or of some equally sacred and well known emblem."* An explanation so obvious can hardly...

...probably derived from the common application of a seal to wax. The earliest coins may therefore be looked upon as pieces of sealed metal, which in fact,...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of the city."1 The whole of this argument, and more particularly the last sentence, is of course an...

...probably derived from the common application of a seal to wax. The earliest coins may therefore be looked upon as pieces of sealed metal, which in fact,...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of the city." 1 The whole of this argument, and more particularly the last sentence, is of course an...

...common application of a seal to wax. The earliest coins may therefore be looked upon as pieces of iealed metal, which in fact, they are ; it being well known...public authority, of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of the city."1 The whole of this argument, and more particularly the last sentence, is of course an...

...plain rule. But he ascribed an ultimately utilitarian reason for the selection of religious motives. " No device that could be imagined was so well adapted...satisfy the public mind, as the impress by public authorities of the symbol of the tutelar divinity of their city, or some equally sacred and well-known...