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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Reid Goldsborough, post: 15916, member: 34&quot;]Much of this is subjective, of course. Syracusan coins are often considered the most beautiful the world has ever produced. It&#039;s so often repeated that the Syracusan deks signed by Euainetos and Kimon are the single most beautiful coin type that it has become a cliche. I also find the obverses of these coins too busy, but I also find Arethusa on the reverse too dour. I like the circling dolphins -- charmingly clever -- but this motif isn&#039;t unique to these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find Larissas among the ugliest coins ever minted, anywhere. Flat nose, fat face, drugged-out eyes, unkempt dirty-looking hair. A real beauty! To each his own, as always. Seltman and perhaps others too believed the Larissa image on these coins was based on the Arethusa image on the Syracusan deks. Sounds about right. &lt;g&gt;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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