Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 933
and striding forward to a decorated altar withuplifted thunderbolt in the attitude of Zeus. Since the great god ofMessana was Poseidon, not Zeus, we should interpret this uniquetype as Poseidon fulminant—an interpretation confirmed by thedolphin and scallop-shell of the reverse side. On grounds of… … Fig. 758. Fig. 759. Fig. 760. Fig. 761. population of Messana must have succeeded in regaining for a whiletheir predominance: naturally they restored the earliest name ofthe town and, along with it, their former coin-types of the dolphinand the scallop. Now Zankle was an ancient foundation of…
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