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<p>[QUOTE="ErolGarip, post: 2858754, member: 88736"]As an outsider who view/read only this ancient forum from time to time, my comment is that; This title is a little exaggeration. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shown here is dated 2nd century BC. But, it is said that the history of that city goes back 1600 BC. </p><p>So, where is those 1400 years? Lost. 1400 years without any coin. and a coin or two only in last period, 100-200 BC and it is Rome/Greek influence period. While too much is known about the history of that ancient town, isn't it strange that no older coin (at least 1000 BC coin) has been unearthed yet?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ErolGarip, post: 2858754, member: 88736"]As an outsider who view/read only this ancient forum from time to time, my comment is that; This title is a little exaggeration. The coin shown here is dated 2nd century BC. But, it is said that the history of that city goes back 1600 BC. So, where is those 1400 years? Lost. 1400 years without any coin. and a coin or two only in last period, 100-200 BC and it is Rome/Greek influence period. While too much is known about the history of that ancient town, isn't it strange that no older coin (at least 1000 BC coin) has been unearthed yet?[/QUOTE]
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