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MALLUS.
607
Pallas seated, 1., resting on spear, her
shield beside her.
MA Head of bearded Herakles, lau¬
reate.
Bearded head of Herakles or Dionysos,
bound with broad taenia.
Head of Pallas, helmeted, facing, in
field, grapes and M.
MAA Aphrodite beside column, placing
her hand on the shoulder of Hermes
Hl Stater 164 grs.
Herakles strangling lion
Hl Stater 158 grs.
MAA Demeter holding long torch and
ears of corn, clad in long chiton and
peplos, and advancing, r. Symbol—
corn-grain Hl Stater
Zeus enthroned, 1., with sceptre, in field
grapes, ear of corn, and letter B :
under throne M
Hl Stater 168-164 grs.
Varieties, with, letters , T, and I were probably struck at Soli, Tarsus,
and Issus. Specimens are also known with 1—£ on the obverse (see
Issus).
b.c. 332-306.
Coins of Alexander (Muller, Nos. 1308-1318).
b.c. 306-146.
In this period it is possible that regal coins of the Seleucidae may
have been struck at Mallus, but they cannot be identified.
b.c. 146-125.
Autonomous bronze, obv. Head of Tyche, rev. MAAADTD.N, Athena
Megarsis standing facing; also tetraclrachms and drachms of Deme-
trius II., with his portrait, and M or MAA., rev. BASIAEflZ AHMHTPIOY
<t>l AAAEA<t>OY NIKATOPOS or OEOY NI KATOPOS, standing effigy of a
helmeted goddess (Athena Megarsis?). These are the last coins which
can be attributed to Mallus until after the deliverance of Cilicia from
the rule of Tigranes, and the suppression of the pirates by Pompey in
b.c. 68.
b.c. 67-30.
In b.c. 67 Cilicia was constituted a Roman province. Mallus then
struck bronze coins of the following types:—
Head of Apollo (1), r.
Head of Zeus, r., laureate.
MAAADTDN Pallas seated, 1. Hl-85
„ Tyche turreted and
veiled, seated on rock between two
rivers, swimming to left . 2E i-o
B.c. 30 to A. D. 217.
Imperial—Augustus to Caracalla. Inter., M A A ADTfl N. Types—Tyche
between two River-gods ; Effigy of Athena Megarsis as above ; Apollo
standing, etc.
607
Pallas seated, 1., resting on spear, her
shield beside her.
MA Head of bearded Herakles, lau¬
reate.
Bearded head of Herakles or Dionysos,
bound with broad taenia.
Head of Pallas, helmeted, facing, in
field, grapes and M.
MAA Aphrodite beside column, placing
her hand on the shoulder of Hermes
Hl Stater 164 grs.
Herakles strangling lion
Hl Stater 158 grs.
MAA Demeter holding long torch and
ears of corn, clad in long chiton and
peplos, and advancing, r. Symbol—
corn-grain Hl Stater
Zeus enthroned, 1., with sceptre, in field
grapes, ear of corn, and letter B :
under throne M
Hl Stater 168-164 grs.
Varieties, with, letters , T, and I were probably struck at Soli, Tarsus,
and Issus. Specimens are also known with 1—£ on the obverse (see
Issus).
b.c. 332-306.
Coins of Alexander (Muller, Nos. 1308-1318).
b.c. 306-146.
In this period it is possible that regal coins of the Seleucidae may
have been struck at Mallus, but they cannot be identified.
b.c. 146-125.
Autonomous bronze, obv. Head of Tyche, rev. MAAADTD.N, Athena
Megarsis standing facing; also tetraclrachms and drachms of Deme-
trius II., with his portrait, and M or MAA., rev. BASIAEflZ AHMHTPIOY
<t>l AAAEA<t>OY NIKATOPOS or OEOY NI KATOPOS, standing effigy of a
helmeted goddess (Athena Megarsis?). These are the last coins which
can be attributed to Mallus until after the deliverance of Cilicia from
the rule of Tigranes, and the suppression of the pirates by Pompey in
b.c. 68.
b.c. 67-30.
In b.c. 67 Cilicia was constituted a Roman province. Mallus then
struck bronze coins of the following types:—
Head of Apollo (1), r.
Head of Zeus, r., laureate.
MAAADTDN Pallas seated, 1. Hl-85
„ Tyche turreted and
veiled, seated on rock between two
rivers, swimming to left . 2E i-o
B.c. 30 to A. D. 217.
Imperial—Augustus to Caracalla. Inter., M A A ADTfl N. Types—Tyche
between two River-gods ; Effigy of Athena Megarsis as above ; Apollo
standing, etc.