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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1545513, member: 12789&quot;]Most of the Black Sea coins are NOT pretty, really.&nbsp; I do appreciate the history of them, the region they are from though.&nbsp; A place I know well, except for Krim - haven&#039;t been there yet but hope to change that soon with visit to Kherson.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/blacksea/tyrasaeantoninuspius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very rare coin from Tyras from the time of Roman rule, Antoninius Pius was the emperor when this coin was made.&nbsp; Tyras is now known as Belgorod-Dnestrovskyi and is in a part of Ukraine across Dnepr river from Moldova, and only few kilometres from Romania also.&nbsp; There is an Ottoman fortress there.&nbsp; This part of Ukraine has been ruled by ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgarians, then Ottomans, Russians, Romanians, USSR and now Ukraine.</p><p><br /></p><p>For sheer beauty in ancients I elect Syracuse:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/greece/sirakusa4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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