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XXI. Observations on Mr. Townley's Antique Bronze Helmet, found at Ribchester in Lancashire. By the Rev. Stephen Weston, B.D. F.A.S. In a Letter addressed to the President

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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I beg leave to request the attention of the Society whilst I hazard a conjecture upon the nature of the personage intended to be represented on the beautiful and singularly curious relic of antient art, exhibited by Mr. Townly from his rich and unparalleled collection of Greek and Roman antiquities.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1800

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page 223 note [b] Voltaire.

page 224 note [c] Athenaeus, p. 198. edit. 1658.

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page 224 note [f] Aristid. Orab. in Bacchum.

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page 224 note [i] Macrob. I. I. XIX.

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page 225 note [l] Ovid Metam. 1. iii. v. 681. Nonnus E. K, p. 631. v. x.

page 225 note [m] See Vignette, next page.

page 225 note [n] Dr. Combe's Catalogue of Hunter's Coins, and Gesner's Note on V. XXIV. Orph. Argon. 8vo. 1764. Lipsiae.

page 225 note [o] See Vignette, next page.