Lexicographical Neighbors of Exergues
Literary usage of Exergues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins by Sir George Francis Hill (1899)
"Three corresponding coins of Maximian bear in their exergues:— XXI-A-HP, XXI
B-KOY, and XXI-r-AI. The XXI, which is constant, is a mark of value. ..."
2. The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory (1829)
"The single letters or notations on the areas and exergues of the toins of Carausius,
... On the exergues, betokening the cities of the mint. CXXI. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Lines as vivid and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals. — POE.
Lined. Lined like the rind of a cantaloupe. — O. HENRY. Linger. ..."
4. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1871)
"... Sidney again when the order reached him, — "I am ex- j", and tremely sorry to
receive her Majesty's com- mand to permit the Earl of Ormond to exergues ..."
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