Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 268
No. 26 bears the initials ofthe engravers name. An exquisite little gold piece [No. 27] has a pretty femalehead, and shows the young Tauas with a distaff and a skein of wool (weavingof woollen garments being then, and still, a valuable industry of the district). On No. 30 we have Athenas head with… … POLICORO, NEAIC THE SlTE OK Hei:.VM,KIA. HERAKLEIAHerakleia was allied to Taras, if not actually founded by it, and its finecoins are sometimes difficult to distinguish from those of the parent city.[44 47.] The city was sacred to Herakles (Hercule.s). The portrait of some lovely woman of the…
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