Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 343
archaism. As already remarked, the coins of Athensretained until the best period the ancient type ofAthena. The coins of Sicyon with the chimera ofArgos with the wolf, and of Agrigentum with twoeagles standing upon a hare, well represent the firstmovement in the period. At the end of the fourth… … Fig. 124.—silver coin of thearcadtan confederacy. of Demeter or of Core on the obverse, and on the re-verse Hermes carrying the youthful Areas. The coins of Stymphalus, withthe head of the Arca-dian Artemis, andHeracles contendingwith the Stymphalianbirds, are master-pieces. The magnifi-cent…
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