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Coin of Achaean League, cross with wreath

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Four-point cross inside a wreath engraved on a coin of Achaean League.

Coins of the Achaean League

Peloponnese (Greece)

about 280-146 B.C.

After the conquests of Alexander the Great, smaller cities banded together in greater numbers to gain political strength, and used allied coin designs.


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Four-point cross inside a wreath engraved on a coin of Achaean League
Taken on  Friday 14th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  280-146 B.C.
Source:  London, United Kingdom
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