Under Siege: Sack of the Great Cities Six Coin Boxed Collection. COA Included.

Description: Under Siege: Sack of the Great Cities Six Coin Boxed Collection. COA Included.. Certificate of Authenticity Included -This collection contains coins that circulated in the six fallen cities at the time of their sacking. Description Cities have existed for all of recorded history. Built around granaries, mills, reservoirs, and temples, the first cities served as capitals, where local rulers resided. In ancient and medieval times, cities were girded by stone walls, to defend against potential invaders. Some, like Constantinople, developed a reputation for impenetrability. To sack a city, then, was to dethrone a king, to subjugate a people, to topple an empire.- -Among the most famous fallen cities are:- -Jerusalem, AD 70 -Rome, AD 410 -Constantinople, 1204 . -Baghdad, 1258 -Magdeburg, 1631 -Nanking, 1937

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Location: Highland, New York

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