Description: Cilicia, Mallos, time of Trajan Decius (249-251 AD). SACRA SINATUS; veiled and draped personification of Roman Senate right / ΜΑΛΛO COLONIA; city goddess seated on rocks left between two standards inscribed S C, at her feet, two river gods swimming in opposite directions.

Diameter: AE31 mm

Weight: 17,86 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG Levante 1286-7 var; SNG BN 1928

Commentary: rare; light brown surfaces

History: The exact location of the city is still debated, because the river Pyramos, due to heavy silting, buried the city under its deposits.

Article Number: 055-02-03-41652