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bgr_877066 - CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS Unité

CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS Unité XF
100.00 €(Approx. 109.00$ | 84.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Séleucie, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Athéna. Métal griffé. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.
Obverse legend : EU.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) drapée volant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite.
Reverse legend : SELEUKEWN TON PROS TWI KALUKANDNWI/ (HA) (AG).
Reverse translation : (Séleucie près du Calykadnos).

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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