Coins of Ancient Sicily
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Lydekker, Poly prion cernium (' stone-bass ') according to E. V. Martens.
122 THE FINE PERIOD between these and the later group is given by the magnificent tetradrachm with the group of the two eagles on its obverse, and the crab and Scylla type on its reverse. The specimen formerly in the Ash- burnham collection (PI. VII. 17) is one of the most charming of Greek coins, although the design of the reverse is not a composition of the first rank. The artist has made a captivating figure out of Scy...lla, but has not had the courage to reduce the emblem of the city to a suitable size; the result is that neither half of the type attains its full significance, and the two do not harmonize into one whole.
We must omit the smaller silver coins, noting only that on the drachm the artist has given the sem- blance of a human face to the carapace of the crab. Nor need we linger over the bronze coins, which all have as types the eagle and the crab represented with various modifications. The prettiest of the smaller coins of this period is a gold piece (PI.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Lydekker, Poly prion cernium (' stone-bass ') according to E. V. Martens.
122 THE FINE PERIOD between these and the later group is given by the magnificent tetradrachm with the group of the two eagles on its obverse, and the crab and Scylla type on its reverse. The specimen formerly in the Ash- burnham collection (PI. VII. 17) is one of the most charming of Greek coins, although the design of the reverse is not a composition of the first rank. The artist has made a captivating figure out of Scy...lla, but has not had the courage to reduce the emblem of the city to a suitable size; the result is that neither half of the type attains its full significance, and the two do not harmonize into one whole.
We must omit the smaller silver coins, noting only that on the drachm the artist has given the sem- blance of a human face to the carapace of the crab. Nor need we linger over the bronze coins, which all have as types the eagle and the crab represented with various modifications. The prettiest of the smaller coins of this period is a gold piece (PI.
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