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Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D., Kolybrassos, Cilicia
Kolybrassos (or Colybrassus) in Cilicia Tracheia, the Roman province of Pamphylia Prima, was near modern Ayasofya, Turkey. Remains include the over seven and half meter tall walls of a temple of Hercules, the six meter walls of another temple, a small theater, part of the city wall with steps leading to the up to its gate, and in the necropolis there are several sarcophagi and a tomb cut in the rock. Cited by the geographer Ptolemy as an important city center, in 113 B.C., in Roman times housed the Legio Pontica. In Byzantine times it was the seat of a bishopric. After the collapse of Byzantine power in Anatolia in 1199, the city became a possession of the Armenian prince Kervard with the name of "Surp Sope." After that the city disappears from history.RP18856. Bronze 11 assaria, SNG Levante 344, F/VF, Cilicia, Kolybrassos (Ayasofya, Turkey) mint, weight 13.299g, maximum diameter 32.2mm, die axis 0o, Oct 253 - c. Jun 260 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠO ΛIK OYAΛEPIANO N C, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind, IA before; reverse KOΛYBPACCEΩN, Zeus seated left, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; scarce; SOLD
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