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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 454

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es indeedrecalls that of the Great Macedonian. He was interred at Sinope, in the sepulchreof his ancestors,with great pomp,his conquerors pay-ing him, after histragic end, thismark of thoir deeprespect. He died atsixty-nine (by hisown hand, ratherthan be takenalive by his con-querors). He hadspent… … 342 GREEK COINS AND THEIR PARENT CITIES us a beautiful and rare coin [587] of the third century B.C. It has the headof a youth, with a Phrygian cap, and a seated female, the personification of thecity, on the other side. Amastris was a large and handsome city, with twoharbours, built by Amastris,…

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