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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4750522, member: 57495&quot;]Uranopolis, or &quot;City of Heaven&quot;, has a neat little backstory.&nbsp; It was founded around 316 BC by Alexarchos, son of Antipater and the brother of Kassander.&nbsp; He was a bit (?) of a kook who fancied himself the reincarnation of the sun god Helios.&nbsp; He had the idea of establishing a utopian society with its own unique laws and language (invented by Alexarchos, but said to be indecipherable to anyone but himself).&nbsp; Hence the founding of Uranopolis, which he ruled until his death in 290 BC.&nbsp; I guess it was kind of charitable of Kassander to give his brother a whole city to serve as his personal insane asylum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My drachm of Corinth below shows Aphrodite with a twin sister. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160103[/ATTACH]<b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>AR Drachm. 2.55g, 14mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa 350-300 BC. BCD Corinth -; SNG Copenhagen 127. O: Pegasos flying left, Ϙ below. R: Head of Aphrodite left, wearing hair in sakkos; [Σ before], I behind.</p><p><i>Ex JB (Edmonton) Collection (purchased in Victoria, Spring 1998)</i></p><p>Notes: Reverse doublestruck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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