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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 399

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rade. It seems quite deserted now, but its standard of money, weights, andvalues was once the guide of far and near. It was the first state in European Greece to adopt the use ofmoney (Head). The ancientcoins were all of the Tor-toise type. I have almost afull set of these quaint i^ieces[Plate… … Aegina—Dying Warrior from the E. Pediment ofTHE Temple. (Glyptothek, Munich.) AEG IN A, TEMPLE OF ATHENA1^ 28<J

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