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TERMINOLOGY
Karlvs D: Proprietarivs Nav?~e, with K crowned be-
tween two roses ; on reverse a croix pattee cantonned
with his arms and those of Navarre.
Neocoros, or Sweeper of the Temple—A dignity as-
sumed by Ephesus and other Greek cities, laying claim
to the protection of the deity of the locality or region.
The Ephesians were styled the Neocori of the great
Diana. The Scribe, or Town Clerk, alludes to this
point in his appeal to the people about the preaching
of St. Paul at Ephesus.
Nature-ioorship—A low form of cult, which was very
prevalent in different parts of Europe, particularly in
Germany and Switzerland, and which reflects itself in
some of the money, as even in the bear of Berne. But
its survival is manifold, and may be traced in the pre-
sence on German and Italian money of the urochs, the
wolf, the stag, &c. Not only the most ancient brac-
teates of Berne already offer the bear as the urban
symbol, but it appears to have been one known to the
Helvetii in Roman times. (See Hazlitt, " Coins of
Europe," p. 322.)
Navareliidw—An inscription found on the coins of
seaport towns in Greece, as Agae in Cilicia, Carystus,
Corycus, Dora, Nicopolis, Sebaste, Sidon, Tomi, Tri-
poli, &c.
Noble—(i.) A gold coin of English origin, first struck
251