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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome 1 1 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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the coin by reducing its weight, the Empire by alloying it. Pieces of copper and of tin, of known weight but irregular shape, were used in Britain, till Cunobelin, King of the Trinobantes, who had been educated at the court of Augustus, imitated the Roman coin; but under Claudias the British mint was destroyed, the Roman coin introduced, and continued in circulation till the arrival of the Saxons. Assaying in England originated with the Bishop of Salisbury, treasurer to Henry I., about 1130. It was practiced by the Romans. In the reign of Edward I. the penny was so deeply indented with a cross that it was easily divided into half-pence and fourthlings (farthings). Henry III. issued the first gold coin in England, 1257. Edward III. issued gold coin in 1344, and at that time the armorial bearings appear on British coins. Pounds sterling, crowns, and shillings were issued by Henry VIII., half-crowns and sixpences by Edward VI. The guinea, so called from being made of