Moneybox And Coins Roman Period.

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Moneybox And Coins Roman Period.

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Andy i Za

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Digital Art - Digital Art - Photograph

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ANCIENT PIGGY BANK.
Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the
traditional name of a coin container normally used by
children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still
bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the
early 20th century. These items are also often used by
companies for promotional purposes. The use of the name 'piggy
bank' gave rise to its widely recognized 'pig' shape, and many
financial service companies use piggy banks as logos for their
savings products.
Piggy banks are usually made of ceramic or porcelain. They are
generally painted and serve as a pedagogical device to teach
the rudiments of thrift and savings to children; money can be
easily inserted. Many piggy banks have a rubber plug located
on the underside; others are made of vinyl and have a
removable nose for easy coin access. Some incorporate
electronic systems which calculate the amount of money
deposited. Some piggy banks do not have an opening besides the
slot for inserting coins, which will lead to smashing the
piggy bank with a hammer or by other means, to obtain the
money within.

Side. Turkey.
Side is an ancient Greek city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in the country. It lies near Manavgat and the village of Selimiye, 78 km from Antalya in the province of Antalya.
It is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 20 km east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Today, as in antiquity, the ancient city is situated on a small north-south peninsula about 1 km long and 400 m across.
Strabo and Arrian both record that Side was founded by Greek settlers from Cyme in Aeolis, a region of western Anatolia. This most likely occurred in the 7th century BC. Its tutelary deity was Athena, whose head adorned its coinage.
Dating from the tenth century B.C., its coinage bore the head of Athena (Minerva), the patroness of the city, with a legend. Its people, a piratical horde, quickly forgot their own language to adopt that of the aborigines.
Possessing a good harbour for small-craft boats, Side's natural geography made it one of the most important places in Pamphylia and one of the most important trade centres in the region. According to Arrian, when settlers from Cyme came to Side, they could not understand the dialect. After a short while, the influence of this indigenous tongue was so great that the newcomers forgot their native Greek and started using the language of Side. Excavations have revealed several inscriptions written in this language. The inscriptions, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, remain undeciphered, but testify that the local language was still in use several centuries after colonisation. Another object found in the excavations at Side, a basalt column base from the 7th century BC and attributable to the Neo-Hittites, provides further evidence of the site's early history. The name Side may be Anatolian in origin, but it means pomegranate in Greek.
Next to no information exists concerning Side under Lydian and Persian sovereignty.

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