Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 341
se coins of Magna Graecia, the obverseof which bore a subject in relief that appeared incuseon the reverse, At this time were struck coins ofRhegium and Messina, with mules yoked to a car,and a hare fortypes ; those ofGela, with theriver god havinga human head,but the bodyof a bull ; alsoancient… … -COIN OF SYRACUSE.(Archaic style.) NUMISMATICS AND GLYPTICS. 329 Thasos: the earliest exhibit a satyr carrying off anymph; the treatment is of a rude style that recallsthe crudeness of the conceptions of primitive Greekart. Upon the coins of the following age the scene isrendered with much more…
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