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CILICIA.
Pompey reorganized the country as a Roman province b.c. 67. About
this time begins a plentiful issue of autonomous bronze coins at all the
principal towns, under Roman protection, many of which are dated
according to various local eras. Still more numerous are the Imperial
coins, for the most part of bronze, although silver occurs exceptionally at
certain towns, viz. Aegae, Mopsus, Seleucia, and Tarsus, concerning the
weights of which see Hultsch (Metrologie, p. 582).
Adana, on the river Sarus, about midway between Tarsus on the east
and Mopsuestia on the west.
Autonomous bronze of Imperial times and Imperial — Commodus to
Gallienus. Inscr., AAANEI1N, with the addition sometimes of AAPI-
ANnN, MAKPGlNlANHN, AAP. CEY. ANTilNGINOYFfO —AAEHAN-
APOYn. MAEIMElNlANflN or MAEIMEI ANflN,in honour of the Em-
perors Hadrian, Macrinus, Elagabalus, Sev. Alexander, Maximinus, and
Maximus. Era commences B.c. 19. Types—Tyche, with river Sarus at
her feet; Zeus; Hermes, etc. Games—KPA OIKOYMENIKA and AIO-
NYCIA (Berl. Blatt., v. 22). See also Antiochia ad Sarum. [Lev. Num.,
1854, 11, 12, 138, 139.)
Aegae, on the western coast of the Gulf of Issus. Autonomous bronze
of the first century B.C. Inscr., AITEAIFlN, often with addition of THS
lEPAS KAI AYTONOMOY KAI ASYAOY, Head of Tyche turreted; rev.
Bust of horse, etc. Imperial—Augustus to Gallienus. Inscr., AirEAIflN,
AlrCRN, AITAIFlN, etc., with frequent addition of surnames in honour
of the Emperors (see Adana). Silver of Hadrian only. Era commences
B.C.47. Principal inscriptions or types—OEfl CF1THPI K. 0EF1 T€A€C<t>OPF2
on a temple, within which are simulacra of Asklepios and Telesphoros ;
the port of Aegae, galley and lighthouse; Amaltheia carrying infant
Zeus and Cornucopiae ; Goat standing, etc. FTYPAMOC, Bridge oyer
the river Pyramus, under the arches of which, the legend AF1PEA, which
probably signifies either that the bridge was a gift of the Emperor, or
that some benefit oi' immunity had been conferred upon the city in recog-
nition of the part taken by it in the construction of the bridge. Pre-
cisely the same type occurs on coins of the neighbouring town Mopsus,
showing that more than one city had a share in the work (Sestini,
Lettere, v. 34). The word A IIP € A is also met with on a coin of Side, in-
scribed upon an altar. On numerous coins of Aegae the title N AYAPXIC
proves the town to have been a naval station.
Alexandria ad Issum (Islcenderiin). Autonomous bronze of Roman
types, sometimes dated according to the Pompeian Cilician era B.c. 67.
Imperial—Trajan to Caracalla. Inscr., AAEEANAPEF1N KAT ICCON.
Types, ordinary.
Anazarbus, on the Pyramus, about thirty miles above Mopsuestia, was
called Caesareia ad Anazarbum from the time of Augustus down to that
of Verus; but from the reign of Commodus to that of Gallienus simply
Anazarbus. Imperial—Nero to Gallienus, with or without Emperor’s
name. Awer., KAICAPEwN TuuN 1TPOC Tuu ANAZAPBcU; KAICAP.
yn. AN AZAP. or ANAZAPBOY; AN AZ APBEF1N; etc. Coins dated accord-
ing to two eras; the first commencing B.C. 19, the second A. D. 20.
CILICIA.
Pompey reorganized the country as a Roman province b.c. 67. About
this time begins a plentiful issue of autonomous bronze coins at all the
principal towns, under Roman protection, many of which are dated
according to various local eras. Still more numerous are the Imperial
coins, for the most part of bronze, although silver occurs exceptionally at
certain towns, viz. Aegae, Mopsus, Seleucia, and Tarsus, concerning the
weights of which see Hultsch (Metrologie, p. 582).
Adana, on the river Sarus, about midway between Tarsus on the east
and Mopsuestia on the west.
Autonomous bronze of Imperial times and Imperial — Commodus to
Gallienus. Inscr., AAANEI1N, with the addition sometimes of AAPI-
ANnN, MAKPGlNlANHN, AAP. CEY. ANTilNGINOYFfO —AAEHAN-
APOYn. MAEIMElNlANflN or MAEIMEI ANflN,in honour of the Em-
perors Hadrian, Macrinus, Elagabalus, Sev. Alexander, Maximinus, and
Maximus. Era commences B.c. 19. Types—Tyche, with river Sarus at
her feet; Zeus; Hermes, etc. Games—KPA OIKOYMENIKA and AIO-
NYCIA (Berl. Blatt., v. 22). See also Antiochia ad Sarum. [Lev. Num.,
1854, 11, 12, 138, 139.)
Aegae, on the western coast of the Gulf of Issus. Autonomous bronze
of the first century B.C. Inscr., AITEAIFlN, often with addition of THS
lEPAS KAI AYTONOMOY KAI ASYAOY, Head of Tyche turreted; rev.
Bust of horse, etc. Imperial—Augustus to Gallienus. Inscr., AirEAIflN,
AlrCRN, AITAIFlN, etc., with frequent addition of surnames in honour
of the Emperors (see Adana). Silver of Hadrian only. Era commences
B.C.47. Principal inscriptions or types—OEfl CF1THPI K. 0EF1 T€A€C<t>OPF2
on a temple, within which are simulacra of Asklepios and Telesphoros ;
the port of Aegae, galley and lighthouse; Amaltheia carrying infant
Zeus and Cornucopiae ; Goat standing, etc. FTYPAMOC, Bridge oyer
the river Pyramus, under the arches of which, the legend AF1PEA, which
probably signifies either that the bridge was a gift of the Emperor, or
that some benefit oi' immunity had been conferred upon the city in recog-
nition of the part taken by it in the construction of the bridge. Pre-
cisely the same type occurs on coins of the neighbouring town Mopsus,
showing that more than one city had a share in the work (Sestini,
Lettere, v. 34). The word A IIP € A is also met with on a coin of Side, in-
scribed upon an altar. On numerous coins of Aegae the title N AYAPXIC
proves the town to have been a naval station.
Alexandria ad Issum (Islcenderiin). Autonomous bronze of Roman
types, sometimes dated according to the Pompeian Cilician era B.c. 67.
Imperial—Trajan to Caracalla. Inscr., AAEEANAPEF1N KAT ICCON.
Types, ordinary.
Anazarbus, on the Pyramus, about thirty miles above Mopsuestia, was
called Caesareia ad Anazarbum from the time of Augustus down to that
of Verus; but from the reign of Commodus to that of Gallienus simply
Anazarbus. Imperial—Nero to Gallienus, with or without Emperor’s
name. Awer., KAICAPEwN TuuN 1TPOC Tuu ANAZAPBcU; KAICAP.
yn. AN AZAP. or ANAZAPBOY; AN AZ APBEF1N; etc. Coins dated accord-
ing to two eras; the first commencing B.C. 19, the second A. D. 20.