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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5358652, member: 87809&quot;]This is so fascinating.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a tetradrachm with an Aramaic countermark on Athena’s cheek, probably from Gaza where the first coins were minted on the Athens model. Coins began to be minted in the Holy Land itself about 400 BC or shortly thereafter. The first coins were struck in Gaza. They imitated Athenian and Phoenician coins, and had typical Greek and oriental symbols.</p><p>The obverse, so you can see the Aramaic letters ει:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227434[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227435[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>19 x 24 mm, 17.113 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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