Word: gordianus
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...carry five dollars' worth of as's about a horse and team would be almost a necessity. In an historical light, also, this collection is very interesting. There are coins struck in honor of Sulla, of Brutus and of Pompey. One of the copper coins contains the liead of Gordianus Africanus II., who reigned forty days. Another shows the ill-fated features of a sixty-six-day emperor. Had these monarchs been as slow in securing their counterfeit presentments as a Harvard senior of today is, the collection would be poorer by several brave heads. Another larger but more miscellaneous...
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