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Aizanoi, Turkey
Virgil H:
Thanks for all the great responses. That is a nice coin Meepzorp. Mark, thanks for the information. From what I can tell, the city really came into its own during the Roman period and is when most of the coins were minted. The Turkish people were very friendly, as they are everywhere and today it seems to be a provincial government center. There is a small round tower that is billed as the world's first stock exchange and a column with Diocletian's reforms. There are remains of a much earlier temple of Artemis and up on a hill in a farm field are two shrines/altars (we hiked up there). Someone told us that as recently as the 60s, the imans led a procession up to the main Cybele shrine there because they were willing to try anything to get out of a severe drought. I keep my eye out for coins from here and I have seen it spelled various ways. As a place to visit, there is a lot to see that is fairly well preserved, an amphitheater and the Temple of Zeus is pretty spectacular. There is a great hotel built to attempt to attract tourists, but we were the only ones there except for a couple Turks there on government business.
Cheers,
Virgil
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