Coin from Melos

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 26 October 2016

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Coin from Melos — Silver stater coin, from Melos, Greece, c. 450 BCE.

Some Greek cities used images for their names, so "readers" did not have to be literate. In Melos, an apple (mēlon) was used.

The British Museum, London.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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