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Ancient Coinage of Cilicia, Adana

Adana, South-East Turkey, on the NE coast of the Mediterranean and is still called Adana today.

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
Levante 111Adana, Cilicia. 164-130 BC. AE 24. Draped, helmeted bust of Athena right, with aegis / ZENWNOS ADANEWN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch. SNG von Aulock 5432; Levante 1984 p. 88, 111; Imhoof-Blumer p. 348, 5; Cox 92, 67. TextImage
Levante NC 153Cilicia, Adana. After 164 BC. AE17. ADANEWN, Head of Artemis right / OUALERI SINIPATOY; Artemis standing facing, head left, holding arrow, quiver and bow. SNG Levante NC 153. TextImage
SNGCop 21Adana, Cilicia, 200-25 BC. AE 17mm. Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing stephane / ADANEWN, bridled horse trotting left, front right leg raised. Monogram before, AN below. SNG Cop 21; SNG Levante 1209; Ziegler (Kl. Dt. Sammlungen) 840; Weber 7492; Sear Greece 5511, Lindgren 1390.TextImage
SNGCop 22Cilicia, Adana. After 164 BC. AE 20mm. Veiled head of Demeter right / Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre; AQ. SNG Levante 1204; SNG Paris 1844. TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
SNG France II 1866Antoninus Pius, AE21 of Adana, Cilicia. 138-161 AD. AYT KAI T AIL ADR ANTWNEINOS CEB EY, P-P across fields, laureate, draped bust right / (ADRIANWN AD)ANEWN, veiled and turrered head of Tyche right. Levante 1986, 170; Waddington 4050; SNG France II 1866.TextImage
PLAUTILLA
SNG Levante 1229Plautilla Augusta AE42 Medallion of Adana, Cilicia. Draped bust right; star to left; crescent above star to right [c/m: Nike standing left within incuse circle] / ADPIANWN ADANEWN, plautilla & Caracalla clasping hands. SNGFr 1871 [c/m: Howgego 257.]TextImage
MAXIMINUS I
Mionnet 132Maximinus, AE30 of Adana, Cilicia. A K F IOU MAXIMEINOC CEB, laureate head right / MAXIMEINIANWN ADANEWN, Tyche, turreted, seated left on rocks within distyle temple, river-god swimming left at feet. Mionnet III, 132; SNG Fr 1877. TextImage
MAXIMUS
BMC 18Maximus Caesar, AE33 of Adana, Cilicia. G IOV OVH MAXIMOC KAICAP, bare headed, cuirassed bust right / MAXIMIANWN ADANEWN, Dionysos standing left by column, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at feet. BMC 18; Sear GIC 3612.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Adana
Entry for Cilicia, Adana on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Adana in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Adana at AncientImports.com
Search for Adana at Incitatus Coins

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