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Olympos, Lycia, Under the Pirate Zeniketes, c. 88 - 84 B.C., Pseudo Lycian League
Around 100 B.C., Cilician pirates under Zeniketes took control of Olympos and its possessions, including Corycus and Phaselis. Olympos separated from the Lycian League but continued to issue "pseudo-league" coinage with the types of the league but missing ΛY. In 78 B.C., the Roman commander Publius Servilius Isauricus, accompanied by the young Julius Caesar, captured Olympos. At his defeat, Zeniketes set fire to his own house in Olympus and perished. At the time of the Roman conquest, Olympos was described by Cicero as a rich and highly decorated city. Olympos then became part of the Roman Republic. Click here to read Plutarch on |Caesar| and the pirates.GS99393. Silver drachm, Troxell Lycian League pl. 10, 52.2 52.3, gVF, light toning, off center, tiny edge split and crack, Olympos (Çirali, Antalya, Turkey) mint, weight 2.360g, maximum diameter 14.0mm, die axis 0o, c. 88 - 84 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls at neck, bow and quiver behind on shoulder; reverse kithara (lyre), OLYM or OLYMΠ above, vertical thunderbolt left, upright palm frond curving right to right, all within shallow incuse square; scarce; SOLD
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