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![[Picture: 93.—Roman Galley.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0093-Roman-Galley/0093-Roman-Galley-q75-500x496.jpg "[Picture: 93.—Roman Galley.]")
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An 1840s woodcut representing a Roman coin found in Britain; this coin shows a galley with cox and three (or six) oarsmen, or rowers. Counter to current practice, the rowers face forward. See Fig. 94 for an extract from the book.
