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NA´CRASA

NA´CRASA (Νάκρασα), a town in the north of Lydia, on the road from Thyatira to Pergamum. (Ptol. 5.2.16; Hierocl. p. 670, where it is called Ἄκρασος.) Chishull (Ant. Asiat. p. 146) has identified the place by means of coins with Bakhir, or Bakri, somewhat to the north-east of Somma. (Comp. Arundell, Seven Churches, p. 276.)

COIN OF NACRASA.

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