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Cilicia Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Silifke) Kalykadnos(Göksü_Nehri)

Cilicia Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Silifke) Kalykadnos(Göksü_Nehri)

Mallus Babelon 1910 572

Coin Typological Description


Obverse Type

Persian Great King kneeling wearing a crenellated wreath and wearing Persian kandys (Persian tunic) holding a spear in his right hand and a bow in his left hand; in left field a grain of wheat

Reverse Type

Heracles facing suffocating a lion with both arms; in left field club; all on the entablature of a column

Variations (Obverse - Reverse)

Mallus Babelon 1910 572 - mint map