Modern day Hatay, Turkey. Founded by Alexander III as a memorial to the battle of Issus, south-east of the present day Iskenderun at the foot of Mount Amanus. Imperial coins were struck from Trajan to Severus Alexander.
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| Lindgren III 768 | Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia, AE15. 100-0 BC. 3.22g. AΛEXANΔΡEΩN, Laureate bust of Poseidon right / KAT ICCON, Dolphin right, trident behind. SNG Lev Supp. 432 (this coin); Lindgren III 768. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4075 | Alexandria ad Issum (Alexandria Katisson), AE26, semi-autonomous issue, Dated AD 43-44. Diademed head of Alexander III right / AΛEΞANΔΡEΩN ET IΠ , Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. RPC I 4075; SNG Cop 64 and 382; SNG Levante 1841-1842; Imhoof KM 5-6; SNG France II, 2414-2416; Paris 134; Mionnet III, 61; Lindgren III 769; Paris 135; Waddington 4094; SNG Tahberer 243; Bernhart 198. | Text | Image |
| SNG France 2406 | Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia, 2nd-1st Cent. BC; AE20 6.84g. Head of Alexander as youthful Herakles, right, wearing lionskin / AΛEΞANΔΡEΩN, Zeus, loins draped, standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; ΣYΡ and EΡ monograms in left field. SNG France 2406; SNG Levante 1834; SNG von Aulock 5464. | Text | Image |
| SNG France 2409 | Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia, 2nd-1st Cent. BC; AE 19mm, 5,07gr. Head of Alexander as youthful Herakles, right, wearing lionskin / AΛEΞANΔΡEΩN, Zeus, loins draped, standing left, holding wreath in raised right hand. ANΡ monogram in left field, all within wreath. Levante, Alexandreia 41; SNG France 2409. | Text | Image |
| SNG Lev 1844 | Trajan, AE22 of Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia. Dated local year 181 (AD 114-115). AYTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON ETOYC AΠΡ, Zeus, loins draped, standing left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG von Aulock 5465-5466; SNG Levante 1844 = Levante 66 in NC 1971 (this coin); SNG Cop 383. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 5465 | Trajan, AE24 of Alexandreia ad Issum, Cilicia. Dated local year 181, AD 114-115. 9.63 g. AYTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate head right / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON ETOYC around, date AΠΡ in left field, Zeus, loins draped, standing left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG von Aulock 5465; Levante, Alexandreia 72; Righetti Coll VII, 40; Lindgren III, 769A; SNG Pfalz 83; SNG Cop 383. | Text | Image |
| SNG v A 5467 | Trajan and Plotina, AE23 of Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia. Struck 113-114. Dated local year 181. AYTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate head right / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON ETOYC AΠΡ, draped bust of Plotina right. SNG von Aulock 5467; SNG Levante 1848-1849; RPC 3397. | Text | Image |
| Weber 7498 | Commodus, AE17 of Alexandria ad Issum; Cilicia, 2.91 gr. 177-192 AD. AY KOMMOΔOC ANTΩNEIN, laureate head right / AΛEΞANΔΡIO, Dionysus, naked, standing front, holding thyrsos. Levante 84 in NC 1971; Weber 7498. | Text | Image |
| Burstein 942 | Septimius Severus and Julia Domna AE 34mm of Alexandria Katisson (Alexandria Ad Issum), Cilicia. Dated Pompeian-Cilician Era 261 = 193/4 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius right / IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB AΛEX KAT, draped bust of Julia right; date AXC to right. Burstein 942, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| TLA 36712 | Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, AE33 of Alexandreia Katisson (Alexandria ad Issum), Cilicia. Dated Pompeian-Cilician Era 261 = AD 193-194. AYT KAI ΛOY CE CEOYHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB AΛEΞ KAT, draped bust of Julia Domna right; date AΞC to right. (both letters Ξ engraved as retrograde Z). Timeline Auctions 36712; Burstein 942 otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| SNG Lev. Supp. 433 | Julia Domna, AE24 of Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia. Dated local year 282, AD 215-216. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON around, ET BΠC in left field, Nemesis-Tyche standing left, holding rudder and raising right hand to her mouth. SNG Levante Suppl 433 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| SNG Levante 1851 | Severus Alexander, AE of Alexandria ad Issum. AD 230-231, dated local year 298. 13.50 g. AYT KAI MAΡ AY CE AΛENXAΔΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON ET HΘς, diademed head of Alexander III right. SNG Levante 1851; Levante 96 in NC 1971. | Text | Image |
| Waddington 4095 | Severus Alexander AE26 of Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia. Dated local year 298, AD 231-232. AYT KAI MAΡ AY CE AΛEXANΔΡOC CE, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AΛEXANΔΡEΩN KAT ICCON ET HΘς, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Waddington 4095; Paris 138; bust type var of SNG Levante 2419; Levante, Alexandreia 93. | Text | Image |
