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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > GB93602
Mallos, Cilicia, c. 375 - 330 B.C.
|Cilicia|, |Mallos,| |Cilicia,| |c.| |375| |-| |330| |B.C.|, Mallus was an ancient city of Cilicia Campestris (later Cilicia Prima) lying near the mouth of the Pyramus (now the Ceyhan Nehri) river, in Anatolia. In ancient times, the city was situated at the mouth of the Pyramus (which has changed course since), on a hill opposite Magarsa (or Magarsus) which served as its port. The district was called from it, Mallotis. The location of the site is currently inland a few km from the Mediterranean coast on an elevation in the Karatas Peninsula, Adana Province, Turkey, a few km from the city of Karatas.
GB93602. Bronze chalkous, SNG BnF II 406 ff.; SNG Levante 172; SNG Pfalz 905; Weber 7569; Imhoof KM II p. 471, 11, VF, attractive style, green patina, well centered, spots of corrosion, Mallus (near Karatas, Turkey) mint, weight 1.081g, maximum diameter 11.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 375 - 330 B.C.; obverse youthful head of the river god Pyramos right, with curly hair, wearing wreath of grain, ΠY downward behind; reverse gorgoneion; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD










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Karoglou, K. Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.75, no. 3 (Winter, 2017).

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