The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.0154  Wednesday, 29 January 2003

From:           John W. Kennedy <
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Date:           Tuesday, 28 Jan 2003 09:32:51 -0500
Subject: 14.0141 Re: Small Change
Comment:        Re: SHK 14.0141 Re: Small Change

Martin Steward <
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>Of course, a "modern" sixpence has a portrait too, but a teston was (am
>I right?) the first coin to have such.

Not in the least.  Coins bearing a portrait, especially of the monarch,
were the norm in the West from ancient times.

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