| 单词 | legendary circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegendary circle 3. Numismatics. Designating a circular area around the edge of a coin containing the legend (legend n. 8a). Only in legendary circle. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > part of coin legendary1762 exergual1856 1762 T. Snelling View Silver Coin Eng. 12 The reverse has a cross patee, extending to the edge of the Coin quite thro' the legendary circle. 1819 R. Ruding Ann. Coinage Brit. & its Dependencies (ed. 2) V. 159 But the bust expended into the legendary circle. 1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coinage 9 Between the outer angles and the inner legendary circle. 1868 J. Wingate Illustr. Coinage Scotl. 20 The discovery of the statement in the chronicle of Mailross that in A.D. 1250 it was decreed that the cross should in future pass through the legendary circle, has fortunately removed the difficulty. 1901 A. B. Richardson Catal. Sc. Coins in National Mus. Antiq. Edinb. 362 Tressure of seven arcs; chain-work legendary circles on the obverse. 1999 Brit. Numismatic Jrnl. 68 83 Alexander III, second coinage..; bent; about half of legendary circle missing. < as lemmas |
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