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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 456

An illustration from Greek coins and their parent cities, 1902, leaf 456 — I., also a very characteristic portrait [593], in the same style asthe two last coins. This kings son bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans, 74 B.C. HiPPARCHUS, the true father of astronomy and geography, who first made acatalogue of the stars, was born in Nicea, Bithynia (IGO B.C.). CvME, in… … Mount Ida and Gclf of Adramyti, from Lesbos.And Ida in the distance, still the same.—Byron. LESBOSWe will now touch upon Lesbos, a large island off the coast of AsiaMinor, opposite the famed Mount Ida. This was a very beautiful and fertileisland, rich and important in the fifth century B.C., when…

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