Chalcis ( grc, Χαλκίς) was a town of ancient Aeolis, placed by

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across from Lesbos. Bronze coins dated to the fourth century BCE inscribed «ΧΑ» are attributed to the town. Its site is unlocated; however, it has been suggested that it could be located on the

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island of Çiplak Ada, located among an archipelago of numerous islands between Lesbos and Asia Minor. Herodotus knew this archipelago as that of the "Hundred Islands" ( grc, Ἑκατόννησοι, Hekatonesoi) and mentions that there were Aeolian cities but he does not mention the names of any of them.

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