Geography


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GEOGRAPHY.-- How greatly the study of Ancient Geography is benefited and assisted by a knowledge of the numismatic science is copiously shown by Froelich (in 4 Tentaminia, p. 45 et seq.)  The utility of such authentic monuments for that purpose has also been previously acknowledged by the father of revived geography, Abraham Ortelius, who availed himself of the aid which coins afforded him to rescue from obscurity and doubt the names of many cities and places.  the learned work of Cellarius would neither have reflected so much credit on its author, nor proved of so much use to literary men, unless many things read there had previously been confirmed as true by the evidence of medals.--Rasche, Lexicon Num.

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