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Offline Gert

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Meaning of L on Alexandria provincials
« on: June 11, 2004, 07:20:46 am »
Hello,

Just a quick question: Alexandria coins signify the year with a capital Lambda. What does that letter stand for? Other coins use E/ET for Gr. Etos, year.

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Re:Meaning of L on Alexandria provincials
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2004, 08:19:03 am »
It is discussed briefly on this page:

http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/egypt.html#847

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