bgr_896179 - CILICIA - SOLI Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cilicie, Soloi
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Très beau casque d’Athéna. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : SOLEWN
Reverse translation : (de Soloi).
Historical background
CILICIA - SOLI
(5th - 4th century BC)
Soloi was a very important city located on the Cilician coast not far from Zepyrion and Tarsus between Cilicia Trachea and Cilicia Pedias was perhaps founded at the instigation of the Rhodians, but the city also seems to have links with Athens. The city was destroyed by Tigranes I, King of Armenia after 83 BC. The city was refounded under the name of Pompeiopolis by Pompey in 66 BC..
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