CILICIA. Anemurium. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Assarion (Orichalcum, 18 mm, 4.82 g, 7 h), RY 18 of Antiochos IV Epiphanes = 54/5 AD. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis. Rev. ANЄMOYPЄωN - ЄT HI Poseidon standing front, head to left, holding dolphin in his right hand and trident in his left. RPC Supplement S2-I-3708B = R. Ziegler: Zum Geldumlauf in Asia Minor, in: C. E. King and D. G: Wigg (eds.): Coin Finds and Coin Use in the Roman World. Berlin 1996, p. 450, 6 (this coin). Apparently unique. A wonderful small coin of beautiful style and great interest. Extremely fine.


What makes this coin particularly interesting, apart from its rarity and condition, is the fact that it is dated to the 18th regnal year of the Graeco-Armenian King Antiochos IV Epiphanes (38-72), to whose Kingdom the city of Anemurium belonged at the time.