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Greek coins and their parent cities (1902)

Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 271

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t oft the face of the earth in 510 B.C. The story told of its destructionis, that the neighbouring Greeks of Croton, moved by jealousy, determined todestroy the city, and, gathering a great army, invested it. They conipu-rid the])lace, killed the inhabitants or sold them as slaves; then turned the… … The River Crathis. Supposed Site of Sybaris. [PI. I., 67-68.] These coins, of large size and thin fabric, are peculiar to this part of the Greek world. It would seem as if Nos. 67 and 62, of a similar class, of Poseidonia, and those of Caulonia and Croton, had been made by the same hand.We are told…

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