Alinda: the powerful carian stronghold.
The current Turkish town of Karpuzlu is the heiress of an ancient Carian city called Alinda. Its ruins are located on the top of the hill th
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Aigai: A city in the mountains of Aeolis. History and coinage.
The ruins of the ancient Aeolian city of Aigai (Aegae in Latin) are located half a dozen kilometers from the small Turkish village of Yuntda
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XI-Nicomedia.
Nicomedia corresponds to the current city of Izmit in the Turkish province of Kocaeli. It was founded in the year 264 BC by the bithynian mo
Nysa on the Maeander: An introduction to its History and Coinage.
Nysa was founded on the hillside of a mountain met by the ancients as Mesogis. The area is populated with trees nowadays, mainly pines. Geog
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