Achaiion

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Coordinates: 39°49′19″N 26°09′57″E / 39.82194°N 26.16585°E / 39.82194; 26.16585
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Achaiion or Achaeïum or Achaeum (

ancient Troad.[1][2] The legend AX (ACH) which some bronze coins found in this region bear is thought to refer to Ach(aiion) by Louis Robert,[3] but others attribute the coins to Achilleion.[4]

Its site is located near

Hantepe, Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Pleiades
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 13.1.46. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Louis Robert (1951). Études de numismatique grecque. p. 8 n. 4.
  4. Tenedian Peraia
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  5. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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