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ngraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc.

A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.

A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]

hrough their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.

A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc. ; an ancient institution.

The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.

A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.

A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

ular to its surfaces. -- Axis of a telescope or microscope, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. -- Axes of coördinates in a plane, to straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are…

A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. [India]

A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

A small brass Venetian coin. [Obs.]

lanes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]

n alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.