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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > GS91742
Achaemenid Empire, Satrapy of Cilicia, 4th Century B.C.
|Cilicia|, |Achaemenid| |Empire,| |Satrapy| |of| |Cilicia,| |4th| |Century| |B.C.|,
In antiquity, Cilicia (also spelled Kilikia) was a southern coastal region of Anatolia, extending inland north from the Mediterranean coast, east from Pamphylia, to the Amanus Mountains, which separated it from Syria. The Persian Empire initially allowed tributary native kings to govern. The last king of Cilicia was dethroned after he sided in a civil war with Cyrus the Younger, who was defeated by Artaxerxes II. Cilicia became an ordinary satrapy.Persian Empire
GS91742. Silver obol, Winzer 18.1 (Mazaios); Babelon Peres p. XLVII, fig. 12; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -, aEF, toning, light scratches, light corrosion, uncertain mint, weight 0.630g, maximum diameter 11.7mm, die axis 180o, 4th century B.C.; obverse head of female facing slightly left, wearing stephane and earrings; reverse head of Satrap left, wearing bashlyk; SOLD











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