bgr_985295 - CILICIA - OLBA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 10-11
Mint name / Town : Cilicie, Olba
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Ajax en Hermès (Mercure) coiffé d’un bonnet, boucle à l’oreille et un kyrékeion (caducée) à la pointe du cou.
Obverse legend : AIANTOS - TEUKROU
Obverse translation : (Ajax fils de Teukros).
Reverse
Reverse description : Triskèle dextrogyre.
Reverse legend : ARCIEREWS TOPAKROU/
Reverse translation : (Archieréos Toparque).
Commentary
Type rare et inhabituel daté de l’an I de règne du toparque Ajax, grand prêtre d’Olba.
Historical background
CILICIA - OLBA
(1st century AD)
Ajax - High Priest
After the disappearance of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Augustus recovered Cilicia and divided the region between Amyntas of Galatia and the principality of Olba. The monarchs of Olba were the high priests of the Teucrid dynasty and controlled much of Cilicia Trachea. Ajax is attested under Augustus, at the end of the reign and the beginning of that of Tiberius.
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