Ancient Coinage of Cilicia, Seleukeia


Seleucia ad Calycadnum, or Seleukeia on the Kalykadno River, near the Mediterranean coast in Cilicia; modern Silifke, Turkey. Visitors can visit the ruins of a Roman theatre and a temple.

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 6Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE23, 200-1 BC. ΣA, helmeted head of Athena right / (from top right, counter-clockwise) ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, AΘH and ΠΛTE monogram in left field, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. BMC 6; SNG France 895-897; SNG Levante 680; Waddington 4441-4442; SNG Pfalz 1008-1012; SNG Cop 199; SNG von Aulock 5805.TextImage
BMC 16Seleukeia, Cilicia. 200-1 BC. Magistrate Dioskoyridos. CEΛEYKE, helmeted head of Athena right, wearing aegis / ΔIOCKOYΡIΔO, Owl standing left on olive branch, head facing. BMC 16; SNG France 2, 957; SNG Pfalz 1043-1044; SNG Levante 711; Sear -.TextImage
BMC 19vSeleukeia, Cilicia. Year 12 (98/97 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Veiled, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ BI KAI AVTONOMOY, filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on stool, ωΔ monogram to right, all within laurel-wreath. TextImage
BMC 21Syria, Seleukeia. Year 13 (=97-96 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Veiled, draped and turreted bust of Tyche; bead and reel border / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ ΓI KAI AYTONOMOY, filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on stool, ΔI monogram to right, all within laurel-wreath. TextImage
Mionnet Supp VII, 323Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE24, ca 200-1 BC. 8.51 g. ZY-E behind helmeted head of Athena right, branch in lower right field. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΠMΔ monogram (the MΔ resembling an X) over ΔH in left field. Mionnet Supp VII, 323; Hunter 1.TextImage
Mueller 105Seleukia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE23, 11.19 gr. 2nd C. BC-1st C. AD. ΣEΛEYKEΩN.. ENICKOY TO Δ, Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / BEΡ behind head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder. Roland Mueller Coll. 105.TextImage
Mueller 2020Seleukeia ad Kalydadnum, Cilicia. Autonomous. AE15, 2.15 gr. Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / ΣEΛEYKE, Eagle standing front, head right, wings spread. Apparently unpublished. Roland Mueller Coll. 2020.TextImage
SNG Cop 201Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum. 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 23mm. ΣA behind helmeted head of Athena right, branch before head. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΩΔΘEO monogram over ΡE and ΔMH monograms in left field. SNG Cop 201; BMC 9; Whittall II 653; SNG France 2 905; Paris 894; SNG Levante 683; Weber 7587; SNG Tahberer 1136.TextImage
SNG Cop 202Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. AE22. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. 7.31 g. ΣΩ behind helmeted head of Athena right. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΣΩ over ΛΓ monogram and Y in left field. Ziegler Kilikien 400; SNG France II, 908-909; Paris 897; SNG Cop 202; BMC 10.TextImage
SNG France 893Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 25 mm, 200-100 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, oIΔΓ monogram sideways behind head / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch, AΘH over ΠΛTE monogram in left field. SNG France 2 893-894; Paris 890-891; McClean 9076; BMC 5; SNG Pfalz 1022; SNG Cop 198.TextImage
SNG France 898Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE22, 200-1 BC. ΣA behind helmeted head of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, Nike walking left, holding wreath. AΘH over AΘH in left field. SNG France II, 898-900; Ziegler Kilikien 397; SNG Levante 681; SNG Pfalz 1013; SNG Tahberer 1140.TextImage
SNG France 2 901-902Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE24, ca 200-1 BC. 7.2 g. ΣA behind helmeted head of Athena right. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΔIOΦ HΡA in two lines in left field. SNG France 2 901-902; Paris 893; SNG Levante 682.TextImage
SNG France 903Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 22, 200 BC-10 AD. ΣA behind helmeted head of Athena right, branch before chin / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. NK monogram and I over KAΛ in left field. SNG France 2 903-904; Paris 892; Waddington 4443; BMC 8; Hunter 3; SNG Cop 200.TextImage
SNG France 920Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE22 mm, 7.66 gr. EY behind and before laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, AΘ above, ΛA beneath forepart of horse right. SNG von Aulock 5810; SNG France II 920.TextImage
SNG France 924Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, AE17, 4.69 gr. 200 BC-0 AD. ΣYM, laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, forepart of horse right, ΩΔΘE monogram at upper left, ΡE and ΔMH monograms below. SNG France 924-925; Waddington 4451; SNG Levante 697; SNG Pfalz 1030-1031.TextImage
SNG France 2 932Seleukeia, Cilicia, Antonine times. CEΛEY.., Helmeted head of Athena right / CEΛEYKEΩN EΠI CΩCTΡATOY, draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder. SNG France 2 932-933; SNG Levante 707.TextImage
SNG France 2 941Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 24 mm, 150-50 BC. Magistrate Kapitonos. Helmeted head of Athena right / CEΛEYKEΩN KAΠITΩNOC, Nike walking left, holding wreath. SNG France 2 941; Paris 1970.50-57; Nicolet 3-10 in RN 1971; SNG Levante 708.TextImage
SNG France 2, 957Seleukeia, Cilicia, AE20. 200-0 BC. 4.35 g. CEΛEY, helmeted head of Athena right / ΔIOΣKOYΡIΔO, owl standing left on branch. SNG France 2 957; Paris 1970.70; cf. SNG Pfalz 1043 (rev. legend).TextImage
SNG Lev 681Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 22, 200 BC-10 AD. ΣA behind helmeted head of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, Nike walking left, holding wreath. AΘH AΘH in two lines in left field. SNG Levante 681; SNG Pfalz 1013.TextImage
SNG Lev 688Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 23 mm, 200-100 BC. AΡΓ, Helmeted head of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch, TΛ and ΠΛ monograms in left field. SNG Levante 688.TextImage
SNG Lev 691Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE18 mm, 3.32 gr. ΣA behind laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, AΘ above, ΠΔEI monogram beneath forepart of horse right. Ziegler Kilikien 404; SNG Levante 691.TextImage
SNG Lev 692Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum. 2nd-1st centuries B.C. AE 17. Laureate head of Apollo right, ΣA behind / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, forepart of horse leaping right, AΘH above, ΛΘH below. TextImage
SNG Lev 694Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE19 mm, 4.77 gr. ZY-E behind and before laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, ΔH above, ΔHME-OY beneath forepart of horse right. SNG Levante 694; SNG Lev. Suppl. 183.TextImage
SNG Lev 703Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia AE18. Magistrate Demetrios, ca 1st century BC - 1st century AD. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right, spear to left / ΣEΛEYKEΩN EΠI ΔHMHTΡIOY, Nike walking left, carrying wreath. SNG Levante 703. TextImage
SNG Lev 705Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 24 mm,150-50 BC. Magistrate Zenachos. ΣEΛEYKEΩ, Helmeted head of Athena right / XENAΡXOY, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. SNG Levante 705.TextImage
SNG Lev. 710Seleukeia, Cilicia. 1st c. BC-1st c. AD. AE 17mm, 4.62 g. CEΛEYKEΩN (from top right), Filleted club within oak wreath / ΔIOCKOYΡI, Owl standing left, head facing, wings closed, within oak wreath. SNG Levante 710 (this coin); SNG France 958.TextImage
SNG Lev. 711Seleukeia, Cilicia, AE19, 4.69 gr, ca. 2st century BC. Dioskourides, magistrate. CEΛEY, Helmeted bust of Athena right / ΔIOΣKOYΡIΔO, owl standing left on branch, head facing. SNG Levante 711 (this coin); SNG France 957; SNG von Aulock 5817 (same reverse die).TextImage
SNG Lev. 714Seleukeia, Cilicia, AE21. 2nd C. BC-1st C. AD. Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN ΠOΛEMΩNOΣ, owl standing left on olive branch; head facing. SNG Levante 714 (this coin).TextImage
SNG Lev. 716Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Civic Issue. ca 1st Century BC. AE 23mm. ΣEΛEY, Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet / ΣEΛEYKEΩN OYHMIOY, Laureate draped bust of Apollo right SNG Levante 716 (same dies); Lindgren I A1575A.TextImage
SNG Lev 719Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia AE 30mm. 2nd Century BC. Demetrios, magistrate. Laureate draped bust of Apollo right facing draped bust of Artemis, quiver at shoulder / CEΛEYKEΩN EΠI IN ΛIXONTON(?) ΔHMHTΡIOY, Athena walking right, brandishing spear and shield at anguipede Giant raising hands in defense. SNG von Aulock 5819, SNG France 964-965cf. TextImage
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SNG Lev. Supp. 184Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE24, ca 200-1 BC. 8.58 g. MT monogram behind helmeted head of Athena right, branch in lower right field. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΔAY and ΠYH monograms in left field. SNG Levante Supp. 184 (this coin); SNG Pfalz 1025.TextImage
SNG Pfalz 1024Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE23 mm, 8.47 gr., 200 BC-0 AD. E behind helmeted head of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI around, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. ΔI AΘ in two lines in left field. Ziegler Kilikien 396; SNG Pfalz 1024.TextImage
wwxls BC8483Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AE 21 mm, 200-100 BC. SI, Helmeted head of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩ KAΛYKAΔN or similar, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch, ΠΛ and ΔΓ monograms in left field. Unpublished field marks. wwxls BC8483; CNG 304-136.TextImage
wwxls BC11230Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE24, ca 200-1 BC. 10.22 g. EY behind helmeted head of Athena right. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΔIOΦ HΡA in two lines in left field. Unpublished with EY on obverse. wwxls BC11230; Savoca 187, 78. (Var of SNG France 901-902 and SNG Levante 682, with SA behind head).TextImage
wwxls BC11231Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE22, ca 200-1 BC. 8.09 g. HΡ monogram behind helmeted head of Athena right, branch before chin. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΠΛY and AΓ monograms in left field. Unpublished monogram pair. wwxls BC11231; Leu 28, 1515.TextImage
Ziegler 401-402Cilicia, Seleucia ad Kalycadnum AE23, 200-100 BC. 5.76 g. Helmeted head of Athena right, ΠΛY monogram behind head. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. ΠA and ΛYΓ monograms in left field. Ziegler Kilikien 401-402; SNG Pfalz 1018-1020.TextImage
Ziegler 403Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AE24, ca 200-1 BC. 10.22 g. E behind helmeted head of Athena right, ΠA monogram beneath neck, branch in lower right field. / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, Nike walking left, holding wreath. HΛ and AΓ monograms in left field. Ziegler Kilikien 403; Duesseldorf 11710; SNG Pfalz 1026.TextImage
Ziegler 404Cilicia, Seleukeia. ~2nd-1st Century BC. AE 18mm. Laureate head of Apollo right, ΣA behind / ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛYKAΔNΩI, forepart of horse leaping right, magistrate's name abbreviation AΘH above, ΠIΔEI monogram below. Ziegler Kilikien 404; Duesseldorf 10409. TextImage
Ziegler 415Seleukeia, Cilicia. AE21, 6.7 gr. 2nd Century BC-1st Century AD. Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN KA, owl standing left on olive branch. Ziegler Kilikien 415; Duesseldorf 9364.TextImage
HADRIAN
SNG Lev Supp 188Hadrian AE 28mm of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AYTO KAI TΡAI ΓΡ AΔΡIANOY ΓIN, , laureate, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩ ΠΡ KAΛY.. KAI AC AYT, Herakles standing left, wearinj short chiton, standing left, leaning on club and holding lionskin. SNG FRANCE II, 968; Paris 912.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
SNG Levante 723Antoninus Pius, AE 23mm of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 138-161. AYT KAICAΡ AΔΡI ANTΩNINOC CEBA, laureate head right. / CEΛEYK T Π KAΛ T IEΡ, Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear, resting left hand on shield by her side. SNG von Aulock 5822; Ziegler Kilikien 418; SNG Levante 723; BMC 20.TextImage
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MARCUS AURELIUS
SNG Cop 211Marcus Aurelius, AE20 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 139-161. AYΡHΛIOC KAICAΡ, bare head right. / CEΛEYKEΩN ΠΡ KAΛY, bull walking right; crescent above. SNG Cop. 211; SNG v.Aulock 5823; Ziegler Kilikien 420; SNG Lev. 729.TextImage
COMMODUS
Paris 919Commodus, AE24 of Seleukeia, Cilicia. AD 177-192. 7.65 g. AYT KAI AYΡH KOMOΔOC, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Paris 919; SNG France II, 975 (RPC 10279 temp corr, bust type).TextImage
SNG Levante 730Commodus AE26 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AYT KAI AYΡHO KOMOΔOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛY, head of Apollo right facing the head of Artemis left. Scholz 79 in NZ 1901; Ziegler Kilikien 422; SNG Tuebingen 4559; SNG Levante 730.TextImage
SNG Levante 731Commodus AE29mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 166-169. AYT KAI AYΡH KOMOΔOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TωN ΠΡOC Tω KAΛ, Herakles standing front, looking left, wearing chiton, holding lionskin and resting right hand on club. SNG France II 976; SNG Levante 731; SNG Levante Supp. 189; Milne 7 in NC 1940 (Herakles as "emperor"); SNG Righetti 1617 (with TωN ΠΡOC KAΛY).TextImage
SNG Lev 732Commodus, AE29 of Seleukeia Ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 177-192. 17.15 g. AYT KAI AYΡH KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEωN TωN ΠΡOC K(AΛY) (both letters N retrograde), Athena striding right, holding shield on left arm, wielding spear at a serpent-legged giant. SNG Levante 732; SNG Pfalz 1050.TextImage
SNG vA 5824 Commodus AE24 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVT KAI AV&RHho; KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛYKAΔNΩ, Europa riding a bull right. SNG von Aulock 5824; SNG Levante 733.TextImage
SNG vA 5825Commodus, AE18 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 177-192. 6.7 g. AYT KAI AYΡH KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TωN KA, bull walking right, star in crescent above. SNG von Aulock 5825; Imhoof KM 9.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BMC 24Septimius Severus, AE22 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AY K Λ C CEOYHΡOC, laureate head right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛYKAΔNΩ (partially in left field), Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 24; Ziegler Kilikien 433; Weber 7590; McClean 9078. TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 190Septimius Severus and Julia Domna AE 29mm of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 193-211. AYT KAI Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius right, facing draped bust of Julia Domna left. Two countermarks: dot in Δ and KA monogram. / CEΛEYKEΩN KAΛYK, Athena Alkidemos standing right in facing quadriga, shield on left arm, two anguipede giants falling before the quadriga. Countermarks Howgego 618 and 670. Ziegler Kilikien 430-432; SNG Levante Suppl 190.TextImage
SNG Levante 734Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. laureate head right / Nike standing left on globe; C E across field. Prieur 739.TextImage
SNG Tahberer 1185Septimius Severus, AE29 of Seleukeia Ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 193-211. 11.45 g. AYTOKΡ KAICAΡ CEΠTI CEOYHΡO CEB, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEΩN .. KA.., Athena standing right, wielding spear and holding shield on left arm, fighting of a serpent-legged giant at foot right, who is throwing a stone at her. SNG Tahberer 1185. (Bust type var of Ziegler 427-428; SNG Righetti 1618 and SNG Levante 736).TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
SNG Levante 740Julia Domna AR Tetradrachm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 193-217. 9.58 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛ-YKAΔN-Ω CE around and in fields, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Levante 740 corr. (rev. legend, second TΩ overlooked); Prieur 741; SNG France 980-982; Paris 922-923; Waddington 4463.TextImage
SNG vA 5829Julia Domna, AE24 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 193-217. 8.3 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACT, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN KA-ΛY, Europa riding bull right, veil inflated over her head, Eros left before the bull, upper torso of river-god facing below. SNG von Aulock 5829; SNG Levante 741-742; SNG France II 984; Lindgren III 895.TextImage
CARACALLA
SNG Levante 743Caracalla AE 23mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 198-217. MAΡKOC AYΡHΛIOC.., laureate and draped bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛY, diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, facing laureate and draped bust of Apollo left. SNG Levante 743 (this coin); Ziegler Kilikien 437; Duesseldorf 12071.TextImage
SNGLev 746Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AE 30, 14.64g. Cilicia, Seleuceia. A K M A ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ CEΛEYKEΩN K-A, Dionysos standing right in car drawn right by two panthers, naked except for panther skin hanging down from his left arm and flying out behind him, holding thyrsus in right hand and emptying kantharos with left above the head of the first panther, which looks back at Dionysos; before the panthers, Silenos kneeling right, head left, extending right hand to catch wine drops from Dionysos' kantharos. SNG Levante 746; SNG von Aulock 5830; SNG Paris 986 var.TextImage
SNG Levante 748Caracalla, AE29 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 198-217. 12.56 g. Laureate head right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛY around and below, infant Dionysos seated facing; three Corybantes around. SNG Levante 748; SNG France -.TextImage
SNG Levante 747Caracalla AE 30mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Laureate head right / Dionysos riding left in cart drawn by two panthers, holding thrysus and cantharus; Pan dancing above, holding syrinx.TextImage
Ziegler Kilik. 442Caracalla, AE29 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 198-217. AY K M A ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛYKAΔNΩ, Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing right in biga of panthers right, a kneeling satyr before the biga, head turned back. Ziegler Kilikien 442; Düsseldorf 12186; SNG France II, 986; Paris 928; Waddington 4464; SNG Turkey 2, 277-279.TextImage
MACRINUS
BMC 31Macrinus AE30 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AY K M OΠ CEOY MAKΡINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, countermark: dot in triangle (Howgego 670) on neck, countermark V beneath chin / KAΛYKAΔNΩ around, CEΛEYKE-ΩN in two lines below, emperor in military dress standing left, crowning Tyche standing left before him, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 31.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 194Macrinus AE21 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. AY K OΠ MAKΡINO, laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩNTΩN KAΛY, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.TextImage
SNG Righetti 1620Macrinus. AE29 of Seleukeia, Cilicia. AD 217-218. AY K M OΠ CEOYHΡ MAKΡIN-OC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN (below), TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛYK clockwise from lower left, the infant Dionysos sitting facing, looking left, surrounded by three helmeted Korybantes, clashing their swords on their shields. SNG Righetti 1620; Ziegler Kilikien 443-444: SNG Pfalz 1055; Wroth 24 in NC 1895; Kurth Dionysos 1702; Bernhart 952.TextImage
SNG vA 5834Macrinus AE28 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, 12.79g. AD 217-218. AY K M OΠ CEOYHΡ MAKΡINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, triangular countermark (Howgego 670) / CEΛEYKEΩN KAΛYKAΔNΩ beneath and around the infant Dionysos seated facing on throne, three Kuretes (the Korybantes) around, making a noise to drown his crying. SNG von Aulock 5834; SNG Cop 212.TextImage
DIADUMENIAN
Lindgren_1583Diadumenian AE21 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. M OΠ ΔIAΔOYM ANTΩN K, bare-headed, draped bust right / CEΛEYKEON, Athena standing right, left hand holding Nike, facing Dionysos, holding bunch of grapes (?). TextImage
Megaw SEL4Diadumenian, AE28 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 217-218. 10.61 g. M OΠ ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC ANTΩNIN KAI C, bare-headed, draped bust right / CEΛEYKEΩ-N KAΛYKAΔ, N-Ω across fields, Herakles standing half-left, looking right. holding the boar by its back legs in left hand and resting right hand in club. Megaw SEL4, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
SNG France 2, 1009Severus Alexander, AE24 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AY K M AYΡ CEOYH AΛEXANΔΡO, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN KAΛYKAΔNΩ, laureate head of Apollo right, facing draped bust of Artemis left. Ziegler Kilikien 474; SNG France 2 1009; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898.TextImage
SNG Levante 757Severus Alexander AE 27mm of Seleukia ad Calycadnum in Cilicia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Radiate deity riding right, before altar.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 196Severus Alexander AE 29mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/ms: dot in Δ and KA monogram] / Tyche of Seleucia seated left on rock, holding grain ears; river-god Calycadnus swimming left below; all within arched distyle shrine. [c/ms: Howgego 618 and 670.]TextImage
SNG Levante 756Severus Alexander AE 29mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing right, brandishing spear and shield at anguipedic giant kneeling and throwing stones.TextImage
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SNG Levante Supp 199Severus Alexander AE 35mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm.TextImage
Ziegler Kilik. 462-463Severus Alexander AE31 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AD 222-235. 14 g. AY K M AYΡ CEOYHΡ AΛEXANΔΡOC, partially in two lines, radiate, cuirassed bust right. / KAΛYKAΔNΩ CEΛEYKEΩN above and beneath Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing right in biga of panthers right, a kneeling satyr before the biga, head turned back. Ziegler Kilikien 462-463.TextImage
Ziegler 470Severus Alexander, AE31 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AY K M AYΡ CEOYHΡ AΛEXANΔΡOC, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN K-A-Λ around and in fields, Tyche of Seleucia seated left on rock, holding grain ears; river-god Calycadnus swimming left below; all within arched distyle shrine. Ziegler Kilikien 470.TextImage
GORDIAN III
BMC 37Cilicia, Seleuceia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III AE33. ANTΩNIOC ΓΩΡΔIANOC CEBA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right [C/M: o in Δ] / CEΛEYKEΩN (TΩ ΠΡOC TΩ K), AΛV, KAΔ, NΩ in two lines, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand and resting left hand on shield, behind which rises a spear. Howgego 670.TextImage
Hunter 7Gordian III and Tranquillina, AE38 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. M ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANO CE KAI CABINIAN TΡANKYΛΛ-INAN CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left / KAΛYKAΔNΩ CEΛEYKEΩN EΛEYΘEΡAC, laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, laurel branch behind shoulder, facing draped bust of Artemis Tyche left in polos, cornucopiae behind shoulder. Hunter Collection 7; BMC 47.TextImage
Lindgren 1589Gordian III, AE33 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. 238-244 AD. 16.55 g. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, delta countermark / CEΛEΩKEΩN TΩ ΠΡOC KAΛNΩ, Aphrodite; looking at mirror; Eros with torch to left; to the right, pedestal surmounted by bowl, from which two doves are drinking. Lindgren/ Kovacs 1589; countermark: Howgego 618.TextImage
RPC 2923Gordian III AE31 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 238-244. 11.88 g. M AΡ ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN, Hades walking right, carrying off Persephone in his arms. Basket or vase below. RPC VII-2, 2923; Zeus 19, 249.TextImage
SNG France 1032varGordian III AE32 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. 16.97 gr. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBA, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: o in Δ monogram within triangular incuse / CEΛEY-KEΩN TΩN EΛEΘEΡA beneath, around and between radiate male figure (Gordian or Mithras?) on horseback right, facing Athena standing left, holding Nike on globe and resting hand on shield, spear against her arm; between, altar. SNG France 2 1032 var (Athena); Paris 969 var (ditto); Waddington 4476 var (ditto), countermark: Howgego 670.TextImage
SNG France 1033Gordian III AE28 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate bust right / Artemis standing right, between palm tree on left, and deciduous tree on right, quiver to left, stag to right. SNGLev -.TextImage
SNG Levante 763Gordian III AE 29mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Athena standing right, brandishing spear and shield against Giant, seen from behind. SNGFr 1012; C/M: Howgego 618.TextImage
SNG Levante 763Gordian III AE 31mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/m: annulet within D] / Athena Alcidemus walking right, attacking anguipede Giant, raising hands in defense. C/m: Howgego 670.TextImage
SNG Levante 764Gordian III AE30 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBATOC (sic), radiate and draped bust right [C/M: o in Δ] / CEΛEYKEN (sic) TΩ ΠΡOC, KAΛV KA, Athena walking right, holding her aegis with her extended left arm and preparing to hurl a thunderbolt at a serpent-legged giant who is kneeling and throwing stones at her. Howgego 670.TextImage
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SNG Lev. 766Gordian III, AE of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. 238-244 AD. M AΡ ANTΩN ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. CEΛEYKEΩN, helmeted bust of Athena right. SNG Levante 766.TextImage
SNG Levante 767Gordian III AE 31mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [C/M: o in Δ] / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩ ΠΡOC KAΛYKAΔNΩ, EΛEYΘEΡAC to left, Nike alighting on globe left, holding wreath and palm branch. Howgego 670.TextImage
SNG Levante 771Gordian III AE 34 mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis holding bow, chased by Hermes, holding phiale and caduceus; hound below. TextImage
SNG Levante 772vGordian III AE 33mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Struck after 241 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/m: annulet within Δ] / Tyche of Seleucia seated left, touching stele inscribed CYN-TEΛ-IOC, and holding cornucopiae.TextImage
SNG Levante 773Gordian III AE 33mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Struck after 241 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [C/M: KA monogram] / Aphrodite standing facing, head right, holding mirror; Erotes standing facing on either side, each holding marriage torch. SNGvA 5839, SNGFr 1021, Howgego 618.TextImage
SNG Levante 774vGordian III AE35 of Seleukia ad Calycadnum. MAΡ ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right [C/M: o in Δ] / CEΛEYKEΩWNΩN TΩN ΠΡOC-KA-ΛL-YK-AΔ-N-Ω, Aphrodite standing facing, head right, holding mirror; Erotes standing facing to either side, each holding marriage torch, EEΛEΩΘE-ΡAC in ex. SNGFr 1029v, Howgego 670.TextImage
SNG Lev 775Gordian III AE30 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 238-244. 13.77 g. MAΡ ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KAΛYKA CEΛEYKEΩN above and beneath Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing right in biga of panthers right, a kneeling satyr before the biga, head turned back. SNG von Aulock 5844; SNG Levante 775.TextImage
SNG Levante 776Gordian III and Tranquillina AE36 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina / draped bust of Artemis Tyche right in polos, cornucopiae behindi vis-…-vis laureate draped bust of Apollo, quiver behind. SNG France 1038.Text
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SNG Levante Supp 200Gordian III AE 30mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/m: annulet within D] / Clipeus and wreath set on garlanded altar; vexillum to either side. C/m Howgego 670.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 201Gordian III AE 29 mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god Kalykadnos reclining right, holding two ears of corn and a poppy-flower, resting on overturned amphora from which the river flows.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 204Gordian III AE28 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBATO, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/m: pellet within triangle] / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩ ΠΡOC KA (retrograde), Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae, and being crowned by emperor standing behind her in military dress and holding baton.TextImage
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SNG Levante Supp 206Gordian III AE 33 mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm-branch.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 207Gordian III AE 33mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [c/ms: o in Δ; and KA monogram] / Athena Nikephorus standing left. SNGFr 1025 [c/ms: Howgego 618 and 670].TextImage
SNG vA 5844Gordian III AE30 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 238-244. 13.77 g. MAΡ ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KAΛYKA CEΛEYKEΩN above and beneath Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing right in biga of panthers right, a kneeling satyr before the biga, head turned back. SNG von Aulock 5844 (this coin); SNG Levante 775.TextImage
wwxls 42499Gordian III, AE30 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 238-244. 14.62 g. ANTΩNIOC ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBACTOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEN TΩ ΠΡOC KAΛYKA around and in left field, Athena standing right, wielding spear and holding aegis (resembles a shield) on left arm, fighting anguiform giant crouching left at foot, about to throw a stone. Unpublished legends combination. Not in RPC. wwxls 42499: Romae Aeternae GRP0251g.TextImage
PHILIP I
SNG Lev. 778Philip I, AE36 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 244-249. AYT K M IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛYKAΔNΩ EΛEYΘEΡAC around and in fields above and to left, draped bust of Tyche right, wearing polos, cornucopiae behind shoulder, facing laureate, draped bust of Apollo left. Usually with short laurel branch between them. SNG von Aulock 5847; Ziegler Kilikien 504-507; SNG Lev. 778; SNG Pfalz 1078. (BMC 50 var - rev legend)TextImage
SNG vA 5847Philip I, AE of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 244-249. AYT K M IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛYKAΔNΩ, EΛEYΘEΡAC, draped bust of Tyche right, kalathos on head, cornucopiae behind shoulder, facing laureate, draped bust of Apollo left, laurel branch between them. Ziegler Kilikien 504-507; SNG Levante 778; SNG von Aulock 5847; Lindgren III 901; Sear GIC 3949 var (rev. legend).TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
SNG Levante 779Otacilia Severa AE30 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. ΩTAKIΛ CEYHΡA NEYC CEBA, diademed and draped bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡ KAΛYKAΔNΩ EΛEΩΘEΡAC, Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. SNGFr 1045.TextImage
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SNG Levante Supp 211Otacilia Severa AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Diademed and draped bust right / Nike alighting left. SNGFr 1045.TextImage
TREBONIANUS GALLUS
SGI 4346Trebonianus Gallus AE36 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AV K ΓAΛ OVAI TΡEBΩ ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN ΠΡOC KAΛYKAΔNΩ, confronted busts of Apollo and Tyche. cf SNG Levante 783, SNG France 1048-1052.TextImage
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SNG France 1054Trebonianus Gallus AE35 of Seleucia Ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AV K ΓAΛ OVAI TΡEBΩ ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEVK-EΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛYKAΔ, confronting busts of Serapis and Isis. TextImage
SNG Lev 780Trebonianus Gallus, AE34 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. 251-253 AD. AYK K ΓA OYIB CABIN ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩ ΠΡOC KAΛYΔN, Athena standing right, thrusting spear at serpentine giant left, who is hurling stones. SNG Levante 780; SNG France II 1055; Paris 991; Waddington 4480.TextImage
SNG Levante 781Trebonianus Gallus AE 28mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AY K ΓA OYIB CABIN ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩ ΠΡ KAΛYKAΔNΩ, Clipeus and wreath on an altar; vexillum to left and right. SNG Lev. 781; SNF France II, 1056-1057; Paris 989-990; Waddington 4479.TextImage
SNG Lev 782Trebonianus Gallus, AE26 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253. AYK ΓA OYIB CABIN ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN KAΛYKAΔ, Great God, radiate, riding on horseback right, lighted altar before. SNG Levante 782 (this coin).TextImage
SNG Levante 783Trebonianus Gallus AE31 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253. AY K ΓAI OYAI TΡEBΩ ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛYKAΔNΩ, laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, with laurel branch before breast facing draped bust of Artemis-Tyche left, polos on head, cornucopiae behind shoulder. SNG Levante 783; Ziegler Kilikien 513-516; SNG von Aulock 5848-5849.TextImage
SNG Levante 783vTrebonianus Gallus AE 33mm of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AV K ΓAI OYAI TΡEBO ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ K, around, AΛYK-N-Ω in three lines above, confronted busts of Artemis-Tyche, facing left, and Apollo, facing right; cornucopiae behind Artemis, palm between. TextImage
Weber 7596Trebonianus Gallus, AE37 of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, 251-253 AD. AY K ΓAI OYAI TΡEBΩ ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEΛEY(beloω) KEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KA-ΔNΩ around and in upper centre. Weber 7596, otherwise unpublished with this shortened city name.TextImage
Ziegler 512Trebonianus Gallus AE36 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253. 21 g. AY K ΓAI OYAI TΡEBΩ ΓAΛΛOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC T KAΛΔNΩ, laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, with laurel branch before chest, facing draped bust of Artemis-Tyche left, polos on head, cornucopiae behind shoulder. Ziegler Kilikien 512 (this coin).TextImage
VALERIAN I
SNG Levante 786vValerian I AE 31mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVT K ΠO ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CEΛE-YKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOC KAΛ-YKAΔ-NΩ, confronted busts of Apollo, laureate, facing right, laurel branch before, and Artemis-Tyche, wearing small modius and facing left, cornucopiae behind shoulder.TextImage
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SNG Levante 786Valerian I AE 32mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVT K..ΠO ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. / (CEΛEYKEΩ)N ΠΡOC KA-ΛYKAΔN-Ω Confronted busts of Apollo, laureate, right, laurel branch before, and Artemis-Tyche, wearing small modius left, cornucopiae behind shoulder.TextImage
GALLIENUS
SNG Cop 222Gallienus. AE30 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum in Cilicia. 253-268 AD. AV T K ΠOY ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate draped cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩNΩN ΠΡOC KAΛY-KAΔNΩ (below, above and around), Confronted busts of Apollo, laureate, facing right, laurel branch before, and Artemis-Tyche, facing left, cornucopiae behind. SNG Cop. 222; Lindgren 1591. TextImage
SNG Levante 788Gallienus AE 19mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVT K ..ΓAΛΛIHNOC.., laureate and draped bust right / CEΛEY..IA..CΔ Europa riding bull right; in both hands mantle flying over head; dolphin below. SNG Levante 788TextImage
SNG Levante 789Gallienus AE 27 mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVK Π ΛK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, Laureate, draped bust right / CEΛEYKEΩNT, Athena holding spear right, striking at serpent-legged giant; kneeling and throwing stones. KAΛYK in left field. TextImage
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SNG Lev 789Gallienus AE27 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268. 9.35 g. AY K Π Λ K ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN KAΛYK, Athena standing right, wielding spear at a giant at her feet which is about to throw a stone at her. SNG Levante 789; SNG Pfalz 1086.TextImage
SNG Levante Supp 215Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Gallienus AE 29. AVK Π ΛIKIN ΓAΛΛIHNOC, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEΛEYKETΩN KA, uncertain radiate god on horseback right; altar before. KΔΩΔ in left field. AV in ex. TextImage
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SNG Levante 787Gallienus AE 30mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AVK ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNON, Radiate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ..ΛΛYENΩN ΠΡ IΔCTΩN-ΔNΩ, Nike standing, head left, holding wreath left and palm branch right. SNG France 1069.TextImage
Ziegler 533Gallienus AE28 of Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia, AD 254-268. 7.92 g. AYT K ΠO ΛIKIN ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠΡ KAΔNΩ around and in left field, Athena standing right, wielding spear at a giant crouching left at her feet, about to throw a stone at her. Ziegler Kilikien 533 corr. (obv. legend); Duesseldorf 12160.TextImage
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