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<strong>HISTORICAL</strong> <strong>GREEK</strong> <strong>COINS</strong>better material than does Corinth. There aremany other mints which might have been andare not represented here; but it is hardly necessaryto insist that one cannot find room foreverything.Towards the end of the period under review,the centre of interest <strong>gr</strong>adually shifts to Rome.The history illustrated bythe beginning of the firstcenturythe Greek coins fromB.C. becomesincreasingly provincial and petty. The true continuationof the historical line in numismatics isto be found in the Roman coinage.If the presentvolume meets with sufficient encouragement, itmay be followed by a companion dealing withHistorical Roman Coins.It is often said that controversy should beeliminated from a work which is not meant foradvanced students. This book, however, is notintended for readers altogether untrained in thestudy of history,so that it has not seemed necessaryentirely to exclude the discussion of certaindoubtful points. No little harm is done by givingthe impression that the course of study runssmooth, whereas it is beset by obstacles throughout.It is better that the beginner should realisethe uncertainties of his path, provided these arenot allowed to obscure its general direction.The descriptions have been made as simple aspossible.A few unavoidable technical terms areviii

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