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Sardis · Alexandria

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Sardis

Also known as

Mint of Sardis
Sairdeas
Sairdis
Sard
Sard
Sard

Image illustrating Sardis — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Sardissee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryAchaemenid Empire550 BCE
in countryTurkey1923 CE
birthplace ofAlcman
place of death ofHistiaeus6th c. BCE
place of death ofSadyattes7th c. BCE
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birthplace ofXanthos1k BCE