Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 346
II, 70. f Cf. De Witte, Medailles dAmphipolis, in Revue numismatique,Vol. IX., 1864. NUMISMATICS AND GLYPTICS. 333 heads in front view—a thing that Polygnotus andMicon had not dared to attempt. The engravers ofcoins applied this innovation to monetary art aboutthe time of Alexander, tyrant of… … Fig. 128.—silver coin of antiochus iv. Thebes, Syracuse and Catana, Metapontum, Croton,Rhodes, Clazomenae in Ionia, and of other cities.But this practice lasted only a short time. It wasseen that coins in high relief were much exposed towear, and soon became defaced. A return was madeto faces in…
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