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Seleukeia ad 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.GB93604. Bronze AE 24, Apparently unpublished; SNG BnF 903 ff. var. (monogram); SNG Cop 200 var. (same); BMC -; SNG Levante -; SNG Tüb -; SNG PfPs -; SNG Tahberer -, F, dark patina, scratches, areas of corrosion, earthen deposits, Seleuceia ad Calycadnum (Silifke, Turkey) mint, weight 9.135g, 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 monogram over ΦΠA(?) monogram in left field; we were unable to find another example with the same lower left control monogram in references or online, from the Errett Bishop Collection; extremely rare variant; SOLD
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