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Lost Countries Found By Coins

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Day
22
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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in citing the historical infbrtuation derivable from eoins, the geographieal facts we aoquire from them are of' equal im purtance. A case wa stated sumo time ago liow an islaud of the jEgean, whiofa had been lost, was discovered by means of a coin (the pieoe not bigger than a hall dhue),and how recent surrouodings proved the existence of this islo. ïhere was a lost city which owes its place to a coin. For over a thousand years do one knew where Pandosia was. Ilistory told thatat Pandosia King Pyrrhus collected those forces with which he overran Italy, and that he establislied a mini mere ; uíu, uu nnc could put their finger on Pandosia. }']ghi jettta agu a cuiu mn under the eye of a numisniatist, There were the letters, Pandosia, inscribed on it, but what was better, there was an émblem, indioative of a well-known river, the Crathis. Then everything was revealed with theeaoie oertainty as if the piece had been an atlas, and Pandosia, the inythical city, w is at once given its proper ]iosition in Bruttium. Now, a coio may be valuable for artistio uierit, but when it elucidates a doubtful point in history or geogranhy, its worth is very mucli enchanced. This silver coio, which did not weigh more than a quarter of a dollar, because it cleared np the mystery of Pandosia, was worth to the British museum $1,000, the piicethatthey paidforit.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News