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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > GS80649
Adana, Cilicia, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
|Cilicia|, |Adana,| |Cilicia,| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Adana was of relatively minor importance during the Roman period, while nearby Tarsus was the metropolis of the area. During the era of Pompey, the city was used as a prison for the pirates of Cilicia. For several centuries thereafter, it was a way-station on a Roman military road leading to the East.
GS80649. Bronze AE 21, Levante Adana 116; BMC Lycaonia p. 16, 11; SNG Cop 20 var. (control); SNGvA 5431 var. (control), VF, Adana (Adana, Turkey) mint, weight 5.040g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 0o, 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse Hermes standing left, holding purse in right hand, caduceus in left hand, MOV (control) lower left, AΔANEΩN downward on right; SOLD











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