Description: Cilicia, Adana, 164 - 27 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, monograms left.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 8,58 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: SNG France 1844-9 var. (monograms); SNG Cop 22 var

Commentary: scarce; olive patina with some deposits and minor breaks, obverse slightly off-center

History: Adana's name is probably derived from the Hittite settlement "Uru Adaniyya", though Greco-Roman tradition saw it originated in Adanus and Sarus, the two sons of Uranus who together built the place.

Article Number: 019-05-03-41652