Description: Cilicia, Pompeiopolis, Pompey the Great, ca. 66 - 48 BC. Bare head of Pompeius Magnus right / Nike advancing right with wreath.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 6,92 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: SNG France 1214-1216 var. (rev. control marks); SNG Levante 882 var.

Commentary: rare; dark grey-olive patina, well centered

History: In the early 1st century BC (ca 83 BC) King Tigranes of Armenia destroyed the city and took the inhabitants to Tigranocerta; Soloi remained deserted until Pompey settled there the defeated pirates who deserved to be saved and renamed the city Pompeiopolis.

Article Number: 024-06-02-41652