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HISTORICAL GREEK COINS - eBooks4Greeks.gr

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<strong>HISTORICAL</strong> <strong>GREEK</strong> <strong>COINS</strong>this coin- of the Artemis of Ephesus and her sacredbee. It seems certain only that Gortyna must atthe time have been in alliance, complimentary oreffective, with Ephesus.POMPEIUS ORGANISES SOUTHERN ASIA MINOR66 B.C.98. Obv. Head of Pompeius r., behind, uncertainobject ; in front, star and lituus ;filletborder.Rev. nONnmonOAITAN ETOYC iq Athenastanding 1., with Nike, spear and shield ;in field, initials of magistrates.British Museum. Bronze. Hill, B. M. C. Lycaonia, etc., p. 152,No. 48, PI. xxvii. 2.The city of Soli was probably depopulated byTi<strong>gr</strong>anes when, shortly after 83 B.C., he collectedthe inhabitants of twelve Greek cities into hisnew foundation, Ti<strong>gr</strong>anocerta. It lay waste untilPompeius refounded it. That this was in 66 B.C.isproved by the era according to which the coinssubsequently issued at the city are dated. Thenew inhabitants at first called themselves Pompeiani;but very soon afterwards the city appears asPompeiopolis and the coins are inscribedNo. 98 is dated in the sixteenth year (erovs ts')of the city, that is 51-50 B.C. It bears the head ofthe founder. In front is the curved rod, the lituus,167

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