. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Goriiiany, 1 lollanci, and S|5ain. Their authors ''" ol'lcii icIU'clccl new linids in research, such as attempts to approach [)roblenis of melrolotfv or the vahie of ancient coins. First ]:>hice among them certainly belongs to the French scholar Giiillauine Bude (1467-1540), a friend of Francis I. Bude won repute for an excellent collection of Greek and Roman coins, which he used as the basis for De asse li jmrtihus ejus, one of the most famous numismatic works of the [)eriod. Fublislied in 1515, it was re{)rinti-d in 16 subsequent e
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Goriiiany, 1 lollanci, and S|5ain. Their authors ''" ol'lcii icIU'clccl new linids in research, such as attempts to approach [)roblenis of melrolotfv or the vahie of ancient coins. First ]:>hice among them certainly belongs to the French scholar Giiillauine Bude (1467-1540), a friend of Francis I. Bude won repute for an excellent collection of Greek and Roman coins, which he used as the basis for De asse li jmrtihus ejus, one of the most famous numismatic works of the [)eriod. Fublislied in 1515, it was re{)rinti-d in 16 subsequent editions ijy 1550. Wilibald Pirckheimer in Germany, with his Aestimatio priscorum numismatum (1533), Henricus Mameranus, with his Priscae monetae ad hiiius nostri lemporisdiversas aliquot nationum monetassupputatio (1550), and Didacus Covarrubias y Leyva in Spain, with his Veterum numismatum collntw eum his quae modn expen- dunlur (1556) arc only a few of the authors who tried to explain to contemjioraries the significance of ancient coins. The iiistory of prices, the juridical problems of false coins, and the technical aspects of coin manufac- ture are some of the other questions which were dis- cussed and to which the Germans Georg Bauer [Agricola] {De mensuris el pondenbus Romanorum alque Graecorum, 1550) and Joachim Camerarius (Historia rei nummariae Graeeorum et Lalinorum, 1556) tried to bring new Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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