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CILICIA.
Inscr., COAOnOACITHN. Soon afterwards the name was again changed
to Pompeiopolis. The era commences b.c. 67. Z??^er.,n0MnHI0n0A€ITflN,
Head of Pompey, rev. Pallas or Nike. Imperial—Domitian to Treb.
Gallus, with or without Emperor’s head. Inscr., nOMTTHIOnOA€ITflN,
also in addition CCBACTDN OMONOIA (Concordia Augg. Aurelius and
Verus). nHTH COYNI AC, Fountain Sunias recumbent, holding cornu-
copiae. Bust of the philosopher Chrysippus, with hand stroking his
beard, rev. Bust of the poet Aratus (?), both natives of Soli. Other types
of no special interest.
Syedra, on the coast of Cilicia Tracheia, near the Pamphylian
boundary. Imperial—Nero to Salonina. Inscr., CYCAPCC1N, sometimes
with addition of CCMNHC CNAOSOTCPAC. Games—OEMIAGC (H. de
Longperier, Rev. Num., N. S., xiv. 61), and TYMNACIAPXIA. Types,
various.
Tarsus, on the river Cydnus, is first mentioned by Xenophon as a
great and wealthy city. It then contained the palace of Syennesis,
king of Cilicia. There can be no doubt that coins were struck at Tarsus
by the kings or satraps of Cilicia from the beginning of the fifth cen-
tury onwards, and M. Six [Num. Chron., 1884, p. 152) is probably right
in attributing to the Tarsian mint a series of coins which numismatists
have hitherto been content to leave unclassified.
The principal varieties are as follows:—
Electrum. Sixth cent. b. c. Phoenician Standard.
Cow kneeling r., and looking back at I Oblong incuse . . El. or N 215 grs.
calf which she suckles.
If this stater, which is now in the Munich cabinet, is correctly attri-
buted by M. Six to Tarsus [Num. Chron., 1884, p. 152), we must infer
commercial relations between Tarsus and Lydia or the Ionian coast-
towns.
Silver. Circ. b. c. 500-450. P er sic Standard.
Cow standing, looking back at calf
which she suckles.
[Num. Chron., 1884, Pl. V. 1.)
Herakles wielding club, and carrying
lion by the hind leg
Ml Stater 164 grs.
Baana or Banaias (?), Mint, Tarsus (?).
Circ. b. c.
Herakles with bow and quiver, carry-
ing lion by the tail.
(De Luynes, Satrap., Pl. V. 1.)
King of Persia contending with lion.
(B. V. Head, Lydia and Persia,
Pl. III. 12.)
450-400.
NJyn (in monogram of Aramaic letters)
Cow suckling calf. Hl Stater 170 grs.
Cow suckling calf
Ml Stater 166 grs.
CILICIA.
Inscr., COAOnOACITHN. Soon afterwards the name was again changed
to Pompeiopolis. The era commences b.c. 67. Z??^er.,n0MnHI0n0A€ITflN,
Head of Pompey, rev. Pallas or Nike. Imperial—Domitian to Treb.
Gallus, with or without Emperor’s head. Inscr., nOMTTHIOnOA€ITflN,
also in addition CCBACTDN OMONOIA (Concordia Augg. Aurelius and
Verus). nHTH COYNI AC, Fountain Sunias recumbent, holding cornu-
copiae. Bust of the philosopher Chrysippus, with hand stroking his
beard, rev. Bust of the poet Aratus (?), both natives of Soli. Other types
of no special interest.
Syedra, on the coast of Cilicia Tracheia, near the Pamphylian
boundary. Imperial—Nero to Salonina. Inscr., CYCAPCC1N, sometimes
with addition of CCMNHC CNAOSOTCPAC. Games—OEMIAGC (H. de
Longperier, Rev. Num., N. S., xiv. 61), and TYMNACIAPXIA. Types,
various.
Tarsus, on the river Cydnus, is first mentioned by Xenophon as a
great and wealthy city. It then contained the palace of Syennesis,
king of Cilicia. There can be no doubt that coins were struck at Tarsus
by the kings or satraps of Cilicia from the beginning of the fifth cen-
tury onwards, and M. Six [Num. Chron., 1884, p. 152) is probably right
in attributing to the Tarsian mint a series of coins which numismatists
have hitherto been content to leave unclassified.
The principal varieties are as follows:—
Electrum. Sixth cent. b. c. Phoenician Standard.
Cow kneeling r., and looking back at I Oblong incuse . . El. or N 215 grs.
calf which she suckles.
If this stater, which is now in the Munich cabinet, is correctly attri-
buted by M. Six to Tarsus [Num. Chron., 1884, p. 152), we must infer
commercial relations between Tarsus and Lydia or the Ionian coast-
towns.
Silver. Circ. b. c. 500-450. P er sic Standard.
Cow standing, looking back at calf
which she suckles.
[Num. Chron., 1884, Pl. V. 1.)
Herakles wielding club, and carrying
lion by the hind leg
Ml Stater 164 grs.
Baana or Banaias (?), Mint, Tarsus (?).
Circ. b. c.
Herakles with bow and quiver, carry-
ing lion by the tail.
(De Luynes, Satrap., Pl. V. 1.)
King of Persia contending with lion.
(B. V. Head, Lydia and Persia,
Pl. III. 12.)
450-400.
NJyn (in monogram of Aramaic letters)
Cow suckling calf. Hl Stater 170 grs.
Cow suckling calf
Ml Stater 166 grs.