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1020x649, 1361x866, 1815x1155, 314x200, 765x487 | 68.—Ancient British Coins.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “the great variety of British coins, of which we here present a group (Fig. 68).” (p. 22) If you can identify these coins please contact me (liam at holoweb dot net). Keywords: coins, money, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-12-02 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1175x656, 1567x874, 2090x1166, 358x200, 881x492 | 69.—Group of Ring Coins.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Ring-money, peculiar to the Celtic nations, undoubtedly existed in Ireland previous to the domination of the Romans in Britain. Although Cæsar says that the ancient Britons had no coined money, there [...] Keywords: coins, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-02-06 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1139x1106, 206x200, 641x622, 854x829 | 95.—Roman GalleyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A picture of a Roman coin showing a lighter sort of Roman galley, or rowing-boat. The rowers here appear to be wearing helmets, so presumably are soldiers rather than slaves. Compare with Fig. 94. d [...] Keywords: boats, ships, soldiers, people, roman coins, coins, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-11-03 + S K L |
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| 1265x634, 1687x845, 398x200, 711x356, 948x475 | Coin of ÆthelstanA Short History of the English People (1902) King Æthelstan ruled England from A.D. 924 to 940. This coin is inscribed “ÆĐELSTANRE” on one side and possibly “BIORNEARDMOLONDCI” on the other. There is also a somewhat crude likeness of the king. Keywords: coins, royalty, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-24 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1293x554, 2586x1108, 457x200, 750x321 | 119.—Coin of Claudius, representing his British triumph. From the British Museum.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) One side of this coin shows the head of the Roman emperor Claudius and the other a chariot pulled by four horses and with the wording DE BRITANNIS on it. Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the qu [...] Keywords: coins, portraits, roman emperors, chariots, war, conquest, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-05-07 + S K L |
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1164x1118, 208x200, 655x629, 873x839 | 122.—The earliest figure of Britannia on a Roman coin.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Then came the terrible revolt of Boadicea or Bonduca,—a merciless rising, followed by a bloody revenge. [. . .] The Roman dominion in Britain nearly perished in this revolt. Partial tranquillity was s [...] Keywords: coins, money, portraits, shields, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-07-26 + S K L |
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1015x492, 1353x656, 413x200, 761x369 | 232.—Copper Syca.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Anglo-Saxon Coins and Seals; the White Horse The coins of a country are amongst the most valuable and interesting of its material monuments. “The study of coins is not to be considered as the province [...] Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-10-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1028x495, 1371x660, 415x200, 771x371 | 233.—Silver Coin.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A silver coin, a sceatta (pronounced shottuh, roughly), from the Anglo-Saxon period. The little silver coin, Fig. 233, is called a sceatta. This is a literal Anglo-Saxon word which means money; and wh [...] Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-10-30 + S K L |
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1030x471, 1373x628, 437x200, 750x343 | 234.—Silver Penny of Offa, King of Mercia.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The silver coins of the princes of the Heptarchy are for the most part pennies. There is an extensive series of such coins of the kings of Mercia. The halfpenny and the farthing are the ancient names [...] Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-01-19 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1186x835, 2371x1670, 284x200, 750x528 | Money Chest: The TreasuryBible Symbols (1908) A heavy old wooden chest stands with its lid optn, a large padlock resting open in the handle, and inside the box we see a pile of gold coins: money. Colour version Keywords: chests, boxes, money, wealth, coins, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-06-27 + S K L |
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1186x835, 200x141, 2371x1670, 284x200, 750x528 | Money Chest: The Treasurey (Coloured version)Bible Symbols (1908) I coloured a copy of the Money Chest: The Treasury to make the pile of coins really gold (well, yellow) and the wood be brown. Keywords: chests, boxes, money, wealth, coins, wood, gold, colour Places shown: none Added: 2014-06-27 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 319x200, 720x450, 960x600 | Heraldic Crest and Symbols of ArtIl Museo Pio Clementino (1792) This heraldic crest is from the title page to Volume IV of the huge book. If you are able to give a formal description of this image I’d love to hear from you; informally, it shows an armorial bearin [...] Keywords: heraldry, shields, crests, science, symbols, mathematics, coins, money, nudity, people, cherubs, mythical creatures, centaurs, art, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-06-12 + S K L |
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