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ROYAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. 29a revolutionary advance in art having taken place in aperiod <strong>of</strong> ten years. In connexion with this piece I maymention a somewhat parallel tetradrachm in my own collection,showing a walking chariot, with <strong>the</strong> horse's necka trifle less thrown back, <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> exergual space below abay leaf <strong>and</strong> berry (Fig. 4). <strong>The</strong> back <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sphendone on<strong>the</strong> head side is <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> die, but <strong>the</strong> type belongs to a timeFIG. 4. FIG. 5. FIG. 6.representing <strong>the</strong> finest late development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> severe style,when <strong>the</strong> eyelashes were well marked <strong>and</strong> a necklace wornwith a 1prominent lion's head in front.<strong>The</strong> Cambridge Cabinet, so splendidly enriched by <strong>the</strong>gift <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> late Mr. McClean, is fortunate in having <strong>the</strong>services <strong>of</strong> so zealous <strong>and</strong> competent an exponent asMr. Grose.Every fresh article from his pen illustrates <strong>the</strong>E. g. Du Chastel, Syracuse, PL 5, 52, 53.

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