NUMISMATICS:
Reading Ancient Greek Coins (Mike Markowitz, CoinWeek). Another informative essay by Mr. Markowitz. In this one he take readers who do not know Greek through some of the basics of reading ancient Greek-inscribed coins. He looks at titles, names, and dating systems. He gives examples from Greece, Syracuse, Pontus, Parthia,
Judea, and
Axum (Aksum).
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