 It may readily be supposed that the lead h , which was found together with the silver in the mines of Laurium, was not always perfectly separated from it by the ancient process of refining: but the quantity of that metal which has hitherto been discovered...  Lectures on the Coinage of the Greeks and Romans - 第 7 頁Edward Cardwell 著 - 1832 - 238 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | G H. Smith - 1832 - 310 頁
...coin would admit of it, the names of men in office, or tokens of some separate branch of commerce. coinage was its purity, carried to so great an extent,...an alloy. It may readily be supposed that the lead, which was found together with the silver in the mines of Laurium, was not always perfectly separated... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1841 - 664 頁
...willing acquiescence in the authority of public opinion. The most important property, in fact, of »he Athenian coinage was its purity, carried to so great...an alloy. It may readily be supposed that the lead, which was found, together with the silver, in the mine» of Laurium, was not always perfectly separated... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 頁
...of very pure standard, far exceeding modern notions of a just assay. Dr. Cardwell tells us that, ' the most important property of the Athenian coinage...appears to have been united with it as an alloy;' and 'the specimens of Athenian silver now remaining are of the highest degree of purity.' And again,... | |
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