Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 242
3B.C., when Aristeides came off the worse, or some ten yearslater, when Themistocles himself had to go into exile. 241. Themistocles. Silver coin issued by him while in exile at Magnesia. In theBibliotheque Nationale, Paris. On the obverse, inscribed 0EMIITOKAEOI, is Apollo,a chlamys over his… … 202 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS cities granted to Themistocles by the Persian king as hisestate (Thuc. i. 138). A specimen of the coin in theBritish Museum is made of bronze plated with silver.False money of this kind was not infrequently issued inancient times, not merely by private forgers,…
Classical antiquities
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