Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 325
-, for although conquered, and all its inhabitantskilled or sold as slaves by the Carthaginians in 409 B.C., yet the ruins of itstemples are the greatest and grandest in Europe. It never again was able tostrike any coins of its own, so it is wonderful we possess any specimens of its 226 GREEK COINS… … Selinus—The Temple on the Acropolis, the three greater ones in the distance. (From a Drawing by the Author.) ancient money. Its earliest pieces merely show the citys crest, a parsley leaf(Z E AIN o N ) [Plate V., 234]. Then we have remarkable coins representing a greatblessing rendered to the…
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