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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8232499, member: 118540&quot;][USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] Good thread.</p><p>My Alexander III The Great tetradrachm was minted in Odessos, which is now called &quot;Varna&quot; in Bulgaria, on the western coast of the Black Sea, not very far from Ukraine.</p><p>Interestingly, in Ukraine, there is a modern day city called &quot;Odessa&quot;, which was renamed after the ancient Greek city Odessos in 1795.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa#Name" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa#Name" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa#Name</a></p><p>The modern day city Odessa, is also on the coast of the Black Sea, somewhat north of Varna. The modern day city Odessa is in one of the areas, that is currently being attacked by the Russian military.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447588[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III The Great Posthumous Issue AR Tetradrachm. 280 BC to 200 BC. Odessos Mint. Price 1163. Diameter = 28 mm. Weight = 16.74 grams. Obverse Heracles In Lion Skin. Reverse Zeus On Throne.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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