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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 345

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ld, have been permitted to ascend their rocky fastnesses. Olynthus, on one of the celebrated Chalcidian promontories, issuedcoins with a good head of Apollo. Different types [379, 380] are in thiscollection, both very fine. The seven-stringed lyre is interesting, evidently thereal musical… … Portrait of Philip II of Macedox.(Louvre Museum.) fierceness of the lions and horned bulls of this district, which the device on thecoin actually seems to portray. [375, Plate IX.] Lete [377], in this neighbourhood, had coins of rude early style. Orthagoreia, somewhere here-abouts, shows a coin of…

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