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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > GB21329
Seleukia Kalykadnos, Cilicia, c. 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
|Cilicia|, |Seleukia| |Kalykadnos,| |Cilicia,| |c.| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Seleucia ad Calycadnum (modern, Silifke, Turkey) took its name from its founder, Seleucus I Nicator. The Romans, who conquered the region in the 2nd century BC, built a bridge across the Calicadnus; its foundations still support the current bridge. According to tradition, Thecla, who was converted by St. Paul, escaped martyrdom by hiding in a nearby cave. The cave was later turned into a shrine, and in the 5th century, the Byzantine Emperor Zeno, who was born in the mountains to the north, built a large basilica above the cave.
GB21329. Bronze AE 24, SNG BnF 904; SNG Cop 200; BMC Lycaonia p. 129, 8; SNG Levante -, EF, green patina, Seleuceia ad Calycadnum (Silifke, Turkey) mint, weight 7.431g, maximum diameter 23.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena right, ΣA behind, branch before; reverse ΣEΛEVKEΩN TΩN ΠPOΣ TΩI KAΛVKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, wreath in extended right hand; NKI (NK ligate) over ΛA in left field; SOLD











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