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Old Satyr Marsyas with ivy wreath

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I am teaching Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin), Theology, modern Greek and Italian. I am particularly interested in Archaeology and History of Ancient Art. One of my other hobbies is photography. Combining these two hobbies I take lots of pictures in museums and archaeological sites and catalogue the photos according to the scientific literature.
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Greek coins

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Greek and Greek-influenced coins from the beginnings to 31 BC
grouped according to regions with cities in alphabetical order
and kingdoms / dynasties with rulers in chronological order respectively
single coins in aproximate chronological order

geographical order of ancient cultures, kingdoms, regions and towns

The geographical disposition of the material follows a clockwise tour arround the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (with many detours), starting on Crete and ending on Corsica, as shown in the map on the right.
The Greek spelling of the names follows the spelling on the coins themselves, if possible.

Crete - ΚΡΗΤΗ

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Aptera - ΑΠΤΑΡΑ

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Chersonesos - ΧΕΡΣΟΝΑΣΟΣ

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Eleutherna - ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑ / Apollonia - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ

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Elyros - ΕΛΥΡΟΣ

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Gortyna ΓΟΡΤΥΝΑ / Gortyn

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Hierapytna - ΗΙΕΡΑΠΥΤΝΑ - Hierapetra

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Itanos - ΙΤΑΝΟΣ

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Knosos - ΚΝΩΣΟΣ / Knossos

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Kydonia - ΚΥΔΟΝΙΑ - Chania

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Lyktos - ΛΥΚΤΟΣ / Lyttos

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Moda - ΜΩΔΑ

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Oaxos - FΑΞΟΣ / Axos

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Phaistos - ΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

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Phalasarna - ΦΑΛΑΣΑΡΝΑ

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Praisos - ΠΡAIΣΟΣ

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Priansos - ΠΡΙΑΝΣΟΣ

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Rhaukos - ΡΑΥΚΟΣ

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Sybrita - ΣΥΒΡΙΤΑ

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Cyprus - ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

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unidentified authority

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Marion - MAPION

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Salamis - ΣΑΛΑΜΙΣ

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Cyclades - ΚΥΚΛΑΔΕΣ

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Melos - ΜΑΛΟΣ

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Naxos - ΝΑΞΟΣ (Cyclades)

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Paros - ΠΑΡΟΣ

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Siphnos - ΣΙΦΝΟΣ

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Syros - ΣΥΡΟΣ

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Thera - ΘΗΡΑ - Santorini

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Peloponnesos - ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΣ

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Arcadian League - KOINON ΑΡΚΑΔΙΟN

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Argos - ΑΡΓΟΣ

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Elis - FAΛΙΣ / ΗΛΙΣ / Olympia - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ

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Epidauros - ΕΠΙΔΑΥΡΟΣ

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Heraia - ERAIA / HEPAIA (Arcadia)

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Corinth - ϘΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ

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Messene - ΜΕΣΣΑΝΑ (Peloponnesos)

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Pheneos - ΦΕΝΕΟΣ

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Sikyon - ΣΙΚΥΩΝ

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Sparta - ΣΠΑΡΤΑ / Lakedaimon - ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΩΝ

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Saronic Islands

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Aigina - ΑΙΓΙΝΑ

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Salamis - ΣΑΛΑΜΙΣ

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Attica - ΑΤΤΙΚΗ

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Athens - ΑΘEΝΑΙ / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ

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imitations of Athenian coins

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Euboia - ΕΥΒΟΙΑ

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Euboian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΒΟΙΕΩΝ

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Chalkis (Euboia) - ΧΑΛΚΙΣ

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Eretria (Euboia) - ΕΡΕΤΡΙΑ

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Boiotia - ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑ

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Boiotian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ

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Tanagra - ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑ

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Thebes - ꚚΕΒΑΙ / ΘΗΒΑΙ

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Lokris - ΛΟΚΡΙΣ

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Lokroi Opo(u)ntioi - ΛΟΚΡΟΙ ΟΠΟΝΤΙΟΙ

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Phokis - ΦΩΚΙΣ

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Phokian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΦΩΚIΩΝ

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Delphi and the Delphic Amphictyony - ΔΕΛΦΟΙ / ΑΜΦΙΚΤΙΟΝΕΣ

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Aitolia - ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ

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Aitolian League - KOINON ΤΩΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ

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Ionian Islands - ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΑ

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Leukas - ΛΕΥΚΑΣ

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Korkyra - ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑ

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Thessaly - ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ

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Thessalian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΦΕΘΑΛΩΝ / ΦΕTΑΛΩΝ / ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ

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Ainianes - ΑΙΝΙΑΝΕΣ

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Gonnos / Gonnoi - ΓΟΝΝΟΣ / ΓΟΝΝΟΙ

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Larisa (Thessalia) - ΛΑΡΙΣΑ

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Pharsalos - ΦΑΡΣΑΛΟΣ

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Pherai - ΦΕΡΑΙ

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Epeiros - ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ / ΑΠΕΙΡΟΣ

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Epirote League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΕΙΡΩΤΑΝ

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kingdom of Epeiros (Molossoi)

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Ambrakia - ΑΜΒΡΑΚΙΑ

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Macedonia - ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ

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kingdom of Macedonia

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first region of Macedonia - MAKEΔONΩN ΠΡΩΤΗ ΜΕΡΙΣ

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Roman povince of Macedonia - MAKEΔONΕΣ

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Aigai (Macedonia) - ΑΙΓΑΙ

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Akanthos - ΑΚΑΝΘΟΣ

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Amphipolis - ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΣ

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Beroia - BEPOIA (?) Roman gold medallions from Abukir

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Chalcidian League - ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΙΣ (Olynthos - ΟΛΥΝΘΟΣ)

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Derr(h)ones / Derronikoi - ΔΕΡΡΟΝΙΚΟΙ

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Dyrrhachion - ΔΥΡΡΑΧΙΟΝ / Epidamnos - ΕΠΙΔΑΜΝΟΣ

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Ichnai (Thrace/Macedonia) - IXNAI

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Lete - ΛΗΤΗ

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Mende - ΜΕΝΔΗ / ΜΙΝΔΑ(Ι)

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Neapolis (Macedonia) - ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΣ (modern Kavala)

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Philippoi - ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ

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Sermyle / Sermylia - ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΑ

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Paionia - ΠΑΙΟΝΙΑ

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kingdom of Paionia

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Thrace - ΘΡΑΚΙΑ

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kingdom of Thrace

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Abdera - ΑΒΔΗΡΑ

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Ainos - AINΟΣ

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Bisaltai - ΒΙΣΑΛΤΑΙ

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Byzantion - BYZANTION

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Dikaia - ΔΙΚΑΙΑ

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Istros / Histria - ΙΣΤΡΟΣ / IΣTΡIH

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Maroneia - ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΑ

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Mesembria (Thrace) - ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ / ΜΕΣΑΜΒΡΙΑ

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Orreskioi - ΟΡΡΕΣΚΙΟΙ

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Thasos - ΘΑΣΟΣ

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Sarmatia

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Olbia - ΟΛΒΙΑ

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Tauric Chersonesos - ΧΕΡΣΟΝΗΣΟΣ

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Pantikapaion - ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠΑΙΟΝ

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Kolchis - ΚΟΛΧΙΣ

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Phasis - ΦΑΣΙΣ

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Armenia

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kingdom of Armenia

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Pontos and Bosporos

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kingdom of Pontos and Bosporos

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Kappadokia

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kingdom of Kappadokia

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Bithynia - ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ

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kingdom of Bithynia

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Kalchedon / Chalkedon - ΚΑΛΧΗΔΩΝ / ΧΑΛΚΗΔΩΝ

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Paphlagonia

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Amastris - ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΣ

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Mysia - ΜΥΣΙΑ

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Kyzikos - ΚΥΖΙΚΟΣ

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Lampsakos - ΛΑΜΨΑΚΟΣ

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Parion - ΠΑΡΙΟΝ

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Pergamon (city) - ΠΕΡΓΑΜΟΝ

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kingdom of Pergamon

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Troas - ΤΡΟΑΣ

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Abydos - ΑΒΥΔΟΣ

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Dardanos - ΔΑΡΔΑΝΟΣ

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Tenedos - ΤΕΝΕΔΟΣ

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Aiolis - ΑΙΟΛΙΣ

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Kyme (Aiolis) - KYMH

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Myrina (Aiolis) - ΜΥΡΙΝΑ

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Smyrna - ΣΜΥΡΝΗ / ZMYPNH

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(island of) Lesbos - ΛΕΣΒΟΣ

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Mytiliene - ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

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Ionia - ΙΩΝΙΗ

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Ionian coins with uncertain location of mint

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Chios - XIOΣ

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Ephesos - ΕΦΕΣΟΣ

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Erythrai - ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙ

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Herakleia at Latmos - ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΛΑΤΜΩΙ

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Kalymna - KALYMNA

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Klazomenai - ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΑΙ

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Lebedos - ΛΕΒΕΔΟΣ

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Magnesia on the Maeander - ΜΑΓΝΗΣΙΑ Η ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΩΙ

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Miletos - ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ / ΜΙΛΑΤΟΣ

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Phokaia - ΦΩΚΑΙΑ

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Samos - ΣΑΜΟΣ

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Teos - ΤΕΩΣ

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Doris - ΔΩΡΙΣ and Karia - KAPIA

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undetermined mint in Karia

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Ialysos - ΙΑΛΥΣΟΣ

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Kameiros - ΚΑΜΕΙΡΟΣ

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Kaunos - KAYNOΣ

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Knidos - ΚΝΙΔΟΣ

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Kos - ΚΩΣ

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Rhodos - ΡΟΔΟΣ

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Lydia - ΛΥΔΙΑ

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kingdom of Lydia

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Thyateira - ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΑ

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Lykia - ΛΥΚΙΑ

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undetermined mint in Lykia

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dynasts of Lykia under Achaemenid rule

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Pamphylia - ΠΑΜΦΥΛΙΑ

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Aspendos - ΑΣΠΕΝΔΟΣ

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Side - ΣΙΔΗ

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Kilikia - ΚΙΛΙΚΙΑ

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Kelenderis - ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΣ

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Mallos - ΜΑΛΛΟΣ

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Persia - ΠΕΡΣΙΑ

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kings of the Achaemenid empire

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satraps of the Achaemenid empire

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Persis - ΠΕΡΣΙΣ

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fratarakas of Persis

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Parthia - ΠΑΡΘΙΑ

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kingdom of Parthia

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Baktria ΒΑΚΤΡΙΑ

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kingdom of Baktria

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temporarily comprising also parts of India, chronology and order of rulers disputed

Syria - ΣΥΡΙΑ

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kingdom of Syria: the Seleucid dynasty

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Phoenicia

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Sidon

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Egypt - ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟΣ

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kingdom of Egypt: the Ptolemaic dynasty

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Kyrenaika - ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙΚΗ

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Barke - BAPKΗ

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Kyrene - ΚΥΡΗΝΗ / KYPANA

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Zeugitana

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Carthago / Zeugitana (including coins minted by the Carthaginians on Sicily)

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Campania

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Cales

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Hyri(n)a - YPINA

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Kyme (Campania) - KYMH / Cumae

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Neapolis (Campania) - ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ / ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΣ

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Nuceria Alfaterna

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Calabria

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Taras - ΤΑΡΑΣ - Tarentum

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Lucania

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Herakleia (Lucania) - ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ - Heraclea

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Hyele - ΥΕΛΗ - Velia - Elea

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Metapontion - ΜΕΤΑΠΟΝΤΙΟΝ - Metapontum

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Poseidonia - ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΑ - Paestum

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Sybaris - ΣΥΒΑΡΙΣ

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Thourioi - ΘΟΥΡΙΟΙ - Thurium / Copia

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Bruttium

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Brettioi - BPETTIOI - Brettii

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Kaulonia - KAVΛONIA / ΚΑΥΛΩΝΙΑ - Caulonia

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Kroton - ϘPOTON / ΚΡΟΤΩΝ - Croton

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Lokroi Epizephyrioi - ΛΟΚΡΟΙ ΕΠΙΖΕΦΥΡΙΟΙ - Locri Epizephyrii

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Rhegion (Bruttium) - PECION / ΡΗΓΙΟΝ - R(h)egium

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Terina - TEPINA

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Sicilia - ΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ and nearby islands

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Akragas - ΑΚΡΑΓΑΣ

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Gela - ΓΕΛΑ

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Himera - HIMEPA / IMEPA

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Kamarina - ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑ

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Katane - KATANH / Katana - KATANA

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Leontinoi - ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΙ

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Lipara - ΛΙΠΑΡΑ

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Naxos (Sicilia) - NΑΧΟΣ / ΝΑΞΟΣ

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Panormos - ΠΑΝΟΡΜΟΣ

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Segesta - ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑ / AIΓΕΣΤΑ / ΕΓΕΣΤΑ

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Selinous (Sicilia) - ΣΕΛΙΝΟΥΣ

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Syrakosai - ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΑΙ - Syracusae

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Tauromenion - TAYPOMENION

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Zankle - DANKLE / ΖΑΝΚΛΗ / Messene - ΜΕΣΣΗΝΗ / Messana - ΜΕΣΣAΝA / Mamertinoi - MAMERTINOI

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