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Title: The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar : written on a new plan.
Year: 1788 (1780s)
Authors: Henry, Robert, 1718-1790 Mercantile Library Association (Boston, Mass.), former owner
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Publisher: London : printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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; with the kings head and cvnobilin onthe obverfe ; and a fine horfe galloping on thereverfe, with tascio. 9. Differs very little fromthe firft in this clafs. 10. Is a copper coin ; withthe kings head laureated, and cvnobilin on theobverfe ; a horfe, with fome faint traces of tasciaon the reverfe.4th clafs. The fourth clafs contains fix coins, which areremarkably fine. 1. Is a filver coin; havingthe kings head on the obverfe, with tasc behindit; and before the face novane, which is be-lieved to be an abbreviation of the name of fometown, or of fome people; and on the reverfeApollo playing on the harp, with cvnobe. 2.Is alfo a filver coin ; and hath on the obverfe thekings head helmeted, with cvnobeline ; and onthe reverfe a hog, with tasciiovanit ; thoughit is imagined that the 11 in the middle wasoriginally an n, which will make the legend onthe reverfe of this coin nearly the fame with thaton the obverfe of the preceding one. 3. A finecopper coin 3 having on the obverfe the king on
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Sa-^^SfMS^b^-^ Chap. 6. COMMERCE, &c. 249 on horfeback at full gallop, with cvno ; andon the reverfe the kino; on foot, with a helmeton his head, a fpear in his right-hand, and a,round target in his left, with tasc no. 4. Thiscoin doth not differ much from the firft one inthis clafs. 5. Is a copper coin ; having thekings head, with cvngbelin on the obverfe;and a centaur blowing a horn, with tasciovaniton the reverfe. 6. Is a filver coin 5 with afigure believed to be Hercules, and cvno onthe obverfe; a woman riding fideways on ananimal which hath very much the appearance ofa dog, with tasc nova on the reverfe. The fifth clafs contains fix coins. 1. Is a fine 5th clafs.filver coin ; with a Roman head laureated, fup-pofed to be that of the emperor Auguftus, andtascia on the obverfe ; and a bull pufhing withhis horns on the reverfe. 2. A gold coin, hav-ing the king on horfeback, with tasco on theobverfe -, the reverfe is crowded with figures,which are not now underftood. 3. A fine fil

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