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 the same period as Arrian, also speaks of a horse shod with a sock or shoe, υωδημα, which was probably made of spartea, like the above.

I find on a silver coin of Tarentum, now in the British Museum, and struck, it is surmised, about B.C. 300, a curious representation of a horse and two men, which might, at the first glance, be supposed to be connected with our subject (fig. ).

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The horse is beautifully delineated, and admirably represents the breed then famous in this part of Magna Græcia. A groom or boy, nude as the horse attendants are generally represented on ancient Greek vases and sculpture, is seated on the horse's back, and strokes his