Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 259
n richly decorated. No. 11a,with a profile head of Athena, is nearly as beautiful. A place which couldstrike such coins must have been one of importance, and yet the site is lost.Indeed, all the little pieces of these vanished cities show fine taste. Furthernorth, Sanmium [No. 3] and the early… … The coin shown of Phistelia[No. 18] is excellent for the date(420 B.C.), hailing from a remoteplace, whose site is now unknown. CuMAE was the oldest Greek colony, and was founded, it is said, more than 1000 years B.C. by wanderers from Chalcls, in Eu- boea. The site of the once great city of Cumae…
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