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Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D., Anemurium, Cilicia
Anemurion was in the Roman province of Isauria on Cape Anamur the southernmost point of Asia Minor, only 64 km from Cyprus. Coins from its mint survive from Antiochus IV of Commagene (38-72) to Valerian (253-259). In 260, the Sassanians captured Anemurion, which sent it into decline for decades. It recovered and prospered until the mid-7th century, when it was nearly completely abandoned, probably because the Arab occupation of Cyprus made the coast unsafe. The acropolis occupies the actual cape, protected on three sides by steep cliffs and on the landward side by a wall with towers and zigzag reentrants. The fortifications and buildings are medieval, constructed in part utilizing Hellenistic elements. The lower town extended north of the citadel for at least 1500 meters. Discovered remains include a large theater, a small covered odeon or bouleuterion, three large public baths and one small one, decorated with mosaic floors (some converted to industrial use in late antiquity), four early Christian churches, an exedra possibly of a civil basilica (law court). Outside, there is an extensive necropolis of some 350 sepulchral monuments dating from the 1st to the early 4th century. Some included several rooms, a second story, and even an inner courtyard.RP78017. Bronze AE 26, SNG Pfalz VI 381 (same obv. die); SNG Levante 519; BMC Lycaonia p. 43, 12; SNG BnF -; SNGvA -; Lindgren III 798 -; SNG Hunterian -, aF, porous, tiny edge cracks, Anemurion (near Anamur, Turkey) mint, weight 11.706g, maximum diameter 26.1mm, die axis 180o, autumn 255 - autumn 256 A.D.; obverse AV K Π ΛI - OVAΛEPIANON, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ANE-MOYPIEWN - ET Γ (year 3), mummiform cult statue of Artemis standing facing, veiled, holding branch in each hand, stag left at feet on left, stag's head turned back right; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; very rare; SOLD
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