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Excerpt from A History of Greece, Vol. 1 of 7: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B. C. 146 to A. D. 1864 The large medallion is the representation of a gold coin of Justinian I., equal in value to 30 solidi, and weighing half a Roman pound. It was found at Cæsareia of Cappadocia in 1721, and was stolen from the collection of medals at Paris in 1832 by thieves, who melted it immediately. The engraving from which this is copied was published in the Memoires de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom. xxvi. p. 523. The relief is described as having been three lines from the surface of the medal, and its weight seems to have exceeded 2500 grains, but it is not accurately given. The inscription round the portrait of Justinian is Dominus Noster Ivstinian Vs Per Petuus AVGustus. The reverse represents Victory conducting the emperor on horseback, with the legend Salvs Et Gloria Romanorvm. In the exergue Constantinopoli OB. The letters OB have received many interpretations. They are now generally supposed to indicate that the pound of gold contained 72 solidi or units of coinage. The small coin is a noumion of copper from the collection of the Author. It weighs seven grains, but is too imperfect to serve as an example of the normal weight of these pieces. Two similar coins, one of which weighs about ten grains, have a small c under the A - A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are int