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bgr_708352 - CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS Demi-unité

CILICIA - SELEUKEIA OF KALYKADNOS Demi-unité XF
120.00 €(Approx. 128.40$ | 103.20£)
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Séleucie, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait. 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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