Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-09-18

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] New Democracy leader says consensus is needed after elections

[02] The ancient currency reveals the trade between Thessaloniki and the Black Sea

[01] New Democracy leader says consensus is needed after elections

"We chose Omonoia (=Concord) square to symbolize the path we want for the country. W sent messages of unity to all the Greek people," Meimarakis said during an election speech in central Athens, while asking the people to trust ND.

  "With God's help and the people's will, we'll form a government on Monday with ND as thre main party. A government of the worthy and the capable, a government of all the Greeks," he said and addressed separately the young, the women, the mid-sized businessmen, the employees of the private and public sector, the uniformed employees and the unemployed. 

Commenting on SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, Meimarakis criticized him for "plunging the country into chaos" noting he's trying to fool Greeks into voting him for the second time.  "Greeks don't want any more SYRIZA experiment, don't want any more populism. It's time to finish with incompetence. The SYRIZA experiment ends on Sunday," he said.  

[02] The ancient currency reveals the trade between Thessaloniki and the Black Sea

A total of 672 coins were discovered during the excavations of the metro stations of Thessaloniki. 137 cannot be identified, 393 were issued in Thessaloniki, 47 in Rome, 13 in Antioch, 6 in Edessa of Syria, 6 in Syskia, 3 in Milan, 2 in Africa, 1 in Ravenna and 1 in Arles. The other 57 came from the regions of Propontis and the Black Sea.

The Human Science School of the International Hellenic University organises the congress "International Congress for the Black Sea in the Antiquity" on 18-20 September during which the 57 copper coins that were issued in Propontis and the Black Sea will be presented for the first time. 22 of them are from Constantinople, 18 from Cyzicus, 5 from Nikomedia, 9 from Heraklia, 1 from Troad, 1 from Bythynia and 1 from Panticapaeum and are dated back to the 3 to 4 centuryy AD.

"These coins prove that a trade relation between Thessaloniki and other cities in the Propontis and the Black Sea had been developed in the Roman Era," assistant professor of Classical Archaeology Manolis Manoledakis said to ANA-MPA.

"We are aware, from a large number of Roman sarcophagus in Thessaloniki, that some of the persons buried in the city were born in Asia Minor and Propontis," the University's professors underlined, adding that "the excavations in the metro as well as the restoration of the coins continues and we expect to find more coins from Propontis and the Black Sea that will broaden our knowledge on the communication and interaction between these areas and the city of Thessaloniki."

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