"Venetian coins in an Ottoman Bath
By Constantine Markides
REMAINS of an Ottoman Bath have been unearthed during excavations in the old city near the Paphos Gate where the new offices of the Sewage Board will be built.
The added discovery of a stash of 300-400 copper Venetian coins has led to speculation that the bath was built during the first few years of the Ottoman period in Cyprus, when Ottoman currency may not yet have been initiated and circulating around the island.
The Venetian Period in Cyprus lasted from 1489 until 1571, when the Ottomans conquered Famagusta and brought Cyprus under the umbrella of the Ottoman Empire for the next 300 years. "
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