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1、CJUC-NRLF//OZSBMbT151THEROMANMINTANDEARLYBRITAIN.
2、9feBYW.SHARPOGDEN.ReprintedfromTheBritishNumismaticJournal,Vol.V.1909.LONDON:HARRISONANDSONS,ST.MARTIN'SLANE,PRINTERSINORDINARYTOHISMAJESTY.1909.PLATEI.THEROMANMINTandEARLYBRITAIN.WithPlatesandIllustrati
3、ons.WM.SHARPOGDEN,F.S.A.ReprintedfromTheBritishNvmismaticJovrnal,Vol.V.,1909.LONDON:HARRISON&SONS,ST.MARTIN'SLANE,PRINTERSINORDINARYTOHISMAJESTY.MCMXII.CJr/ioOsTHEROMANMINTANDEARLYBRITAIN.BvW.SharpOgden.HElittlediscsofembossedmetalwhichwecallcoins,wheth
4、ermadeofgold,silver,ortheamalgamofcopperandtinknownasbronze,arethemostenduringifnotimperishablerecordsofnationsandpeoplesthathavelongandasamediumofuniversalintercoursehave,forpassedaway;nearlyeffectedmoreforcivilisationandthirtycenturies,probablyprogres
5、sthananyotherworkcreatedbyhumaningenuity.Ofalltheevidencesofdepartedempirefewaresochangelessandnonesoindestructibleastheproductionsofthemint;theyarethefaithfulrepresentativeofartinallitsphasesfromthearchaictoabsolutedecadence,ofcustoms,beliefsandnationa
6、laspirations,disastersorsuccesses;theyrendertousthelineamentsofthegreatornotoriouspersonagesofhistory,andofthosewhootherwisewouldbelittlemorethananame.Intheirproductionthemostfamousartistshaveexpendedtheirutmostskill,andowingtothemetalsofwhichtheyaremad
7、e,wereceivemanyofthempreciselyaswhenproduced;theirsizeandshapehavealsoprotectedthemfrominjury,wherelargerormoreimposingobjectshaveeitherperishedorbeenwilfullydestroyed;andthuswehavepreservedandhandeddowntousaseriesofmonu-mentalhistoriesatoncefaithful,at
8、tractiveandenduring.Conspicuousamongsttheseinmajesticamplitudeandinunbrokensuccessionformanycenturies,arethoseoftheRomanmastersoftheworld,rangingfromtherudebutvigorousdaysoftheearlyrepublic,tothemagnificenceandluxuryoftheCa?sarsandthencetothegradualdecl
9、ineandultimateevanescenceofthedecrepitV0L-v-M170689a2TheRomanMintandEarlyBritain.andwornoutempire.Initsprotractedcoursetheycoverthemostim-portantperiodofhumanhistory,providingarecordwithoutparallel,andstandingasabeaconmidwaybetwe
