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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2817336, member: 42773"]<b>Iconium</b> was a city in Central Anatolia. The region had been inhabited since the Copper Age, c. 3000 BC. It was colonized by Greeks in the 8th century BC, and subsequently ruled by the Persians, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, and the kings of Pergamon. Attalus III, having no heir, bequeathed the city to the Roman Republic. During the Imperial era, emperor Claudius changed the name to Claudioconium, and under Hadrian it became Colonia Aelia Hadriana. By the time of Gallienus, it was Colonia Iconiem, as evinced by the coins' inscriptions. The city is now the seventh most populated in Turkey, Konya...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]660662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are small and medium denominations of Iconium, issued by Gallienus, with Silenus advancing left (whoa dude, put some pants on, sheesh), and Tyche seated with rudder and cornucopia...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]660663[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2817336, member: 42773"][B]Iconium[/B] was a city in Central Anatolia. The region had been inhabited since the Copper Age, c. 3000 BC. It was colonized by Greeks in the 8th century BC, and subsequently ruled by the Persians, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, and the kings of Pergamon. Attalus III, having no heir, bequeathed the city to the Roman Republic. During the Imperial era, emperor Claudius changed the name to Claudioconium, and under Hadrian it became Colonia Aelia Hadriana. By the time of Gallienus, it was Colonia Iconiem, as evinced by the coins' inscriptions. The city is now the seventh most populated in Turkey, Konya... [ATTACH=full]660662[/ATTACH] Here are small and medium denominations of Iconium, issued by Gallienus, with Silenus advancing left (whoa dude, put some pants on, sheesh), and Tyche seated with rudder and cornucopia... [ATTACH=full]660663[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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