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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > GB56751
Korykos, Cilicia, 1st Century B.C.
|Cilicia|, |Korykos,| |Cilicia,| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Korykos (Corycus) was the port for Seleucia, an important harbor and commercial town. The Romans defeated the fleet of Antiochus the Great near Korykos, in 191 B.C. In Roman imperial times emperors usually kept a fleet there to watch over the pirates.

Hermes was the messenger of the gods and the god of commerce and thieves. He was the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia. His symbols include the caduceus and winged sandals.
GB56751. Bronze AE 20, SNG BnF 1086 - 1091, SNG Levante 797, SNGvA 5677, SNG Cop 116, F, green patina with earthen highlights, Korykos (Kizkalesi, Turkey) mint, weight 5.885g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 0o, Roman rule, 1st century B.C.; obverse turreted head of Tyche right, AN behind; reverse Hermes standing half left, wearing petasos, chlamys fastened around neck, and winged sandals, phiale in extended right hand, caduceus in left hand, ΔI/NI/AN on left, KOPYKETΩN downward on right; SOLD




  







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