bgr_876988 - CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Séleucie, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux tombant en mèches sur la nuque ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SA
Reverse
Reverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Reverse legend : SELEUKEWN TON PROS TWI KALUKANDNWI/ (DW/QEo)/ (RE/AMH)
Reverse translation : (Séleucie près du Calykadnos).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas d’hypothèse pour les monogrammes qui ornent les revers des bronzes de Séleucie .
Historical background
CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The city was founded by Seleucus I, general of Alexander III the Great by absorbing the population of Holmoi on the course of the Calycadnos river. The city was very important in the Hellenistic period and imposed itself as the rival of Tarsus.
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