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OSTUR

OSTUR a town of Spain, not mentioned in any ancient writer, but which appears upon coins. There is still a place called Ostur near Alcora in Valencia, which has some Roman ruins, and which abounds with acorns,--the figure of which also appears upon the coins. (Florez, Med. ii. p. 535, iii. p. 113; Sestini, p. 179; Mionnet, i. p. 47, Suppl. i. p. 95, ap. Ukert. vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 416.)

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