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... nummus ex Graeco nomismate dicitur ' . It is clear that the original meaning is ' regular ' , ' standard ' coin , and that it came to be applied especially to silver coins , representing multiples of the libella ( λíτpα ) . Cp ...
... nummus ex Graeco nomismate dicitur ' . It is clear that the original meaning is ' regular ' , ' standard ' coin , and that it came to be applied especially to silver coins , representing multiples of the libella ( λíτpα ) . Cp ...
Page 259
... nummus . Cp . Trinummus , vv . 1139 , 1140 : mille nummum aureum ; Poenulus , v . 345 : nummi aurei ; ibid . , v ... nummus , but a weight of a didrachm per ear - ring is quite appropriate ; cp . B.M. Cat . of Jewellery , Greek ... Roman ...
... nummus . Cp . Trinummus , vv . 1139 , 1140 : mille nummum aureum ; Poenulus , v . 345 : nummi aurei ; ibid . , v ... nummus , but a weight of a didrachm per ear - ring is quite appropriate ; cp . B.M. Cat . of Jewellery , Greek ... Roman ...
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... nummus . Here only have we a trace ' in Plautus of the ambiguities arising from the Roman use of adjectival forms with nummus ( denarius , quinarius , sestertius ) to describe different denomina- tions . It is the equation , through the ...
... nummus . Here only have we a trace ' in Plautus of the ambiguities arising from the Roman use of adjectival forms with nummus ( denarius , quinarius , sestertius ) to describe different denomina- tions . It is the equation , through the ...
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RETIRED FELLOWS | 4 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 19312 | 11 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By The Rt Hon H A L Fisher | 23 |
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