A decorative rectangular headpiece featuring a central garland of flowers and ribbons. On the left and right are scrolls containing ancient script characters (Samaritan or Phoenician). At the bottom left, the signature "Raym. Ximeno inv. [designed by]" is visible, and at the bottom right, "M. Brandi inc. [engraved by]."

ON HEBREW-SAMARITAN

COINS

AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION

FOR THE TREATISE

On the coins of the Phoenicians and Greeks in Spain

which they call unknown.

CHAPTER ONE.

The occasion for this writing. The beginnings of Samaritan letters in the West.

The writers concerning Hebrew-Samaritan coins. The organization

of the work. The authenticity of Hebrew-Samaritan coins.

A large decorative initial 'A' in a square frame, adorned with a lush arrangement of flowers, leaves, and various fruits including grapes and a pomegranate.

IT WAS NOT my intention, when I first decided to treat the coins Numis refers specifically to ancient coinage as objects of historical study of the Phoenicians and Greeks in Spain, to discuss or preface anything regarding those which are commonly called Samaritan—since it is well established that they were struck by the Hebrews—because my sole purpose had been to [set forth] those things which, over a long...