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Page 172
... silver passed in the proportion of 15 to 1. This was not the case . When the Athenians needed gold for the Parthenos statue of Pheidias , they bought it with silver at the rate of 14 to 1 : but this is the highest rate of exchange of ...
... silver passed in the proportion of 15 to 1. This was not the case . When the Athenians needed gold for the Parthenos statue of Pheidias , they bought it with silver at the rate of 14 to 1 : but this is the highest rate of exchange of ...
Page 176
... silver coins , a series or succession of attempts to adjust the silver coinage to the gold , when the propor- tionate value of the two metals changed . It is in this direction that Professor Ridgeway has looked for the origin of some ...
... silver coins , a series or succession of attempts to adjust the silver coinage to the gold , when the propor- tionate value of the two metals changed . It is in this direction that Professor Ridgeway has looked for the origin of some ...
Page 177
... silver would ordinarily pass , where the Babylonic silver weight was used , for two talents ( 120 minae ) of copper . But if the Chalcidians were able to force copper up to a value of 1 to 96 in comparison with silver , then these two ...
... silver would ordinarily pass , where the Babylonic silver weight was used , for two talents ( 120 minae ) of copper . But if the Chalcidians were able to force copper up to a value of 1 to 96 in comparison with silver , then these two ...
Contents
Ninth Annual General Meeting JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 3 |
WARTON LECTURE ON ENGLISH POETRY | 4 |
HENRY CHARLES LEA 18251909 By E P CHEYNEY | 17 |
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