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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;icerain, post: 2455627, member: 34514&quot;]Uranopolis or in present day Ouranoupoli was founded by the brother of Cassander of Macedonia, Alexarchus in the late 4th century B.C. They were also a mint in the Kingdom of Thrace. The village is located in the northwest part of Athos. </p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to find some more info. but there doesn&#039;t seem to be too much out there.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w463/azxc77/Uranopolis_zps4g0bhxte.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Macedonia, Uranopolis</p><p>Circa 300 B.C.</p><p>O: Eight-rayed star, representing the sun</p><p>R: OYRANIDWPOLEWS Aphrodite Urania seated facing on globe, holding long sceptre</p><p>Moushmov 6909</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is pretty worn but yeah there is supposed to be a globe down there. The globe is meant to represent the Celestial Sphere and not Earth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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