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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7954431, member: 99456&quot;]35mm is quite an impressive flan - I will share one that is a bit smaller from Cilicia at ~27mm (3mm thick).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Cilician coin that is from the same time period.&nbsp; These towns in Cilicia seemed to enjoy sparring with one another for supremacy.&nbsp; Anazarbus declaring itself &quot;A M K&quot; or &quot;#1 greatest and most beautiful&quot; (μεγίστης, καλλίστης) on the version of this coin shown by [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Worth noting that Cilicia was on the verge of a big change as these coins were issued.&nbsp; The accomplishments of Sassanian King, Shapur I, in ~260AD are described as:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;the land of Syria, the land of Cilicia, and the land of Cappadocia were burned, laid waste, and plundered&quot;</p><p>-<i>Res Gestae Divi Saporis</i>, “<a href="http://parthiansources.com/texts/skz/skz-translation/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://parthiansources.com/texts/skz/skz-translation/" rel="nofollow">The Things Accomplished by the Divine Shapur.</a>”, translation by Jake Nabel, 23-25</p><p><br /></p><p>The cities&nbsp; of Corycus, Anazarbos and about 34 others&nbsp; are explicitly mentioned as &quot;taken from the land of the Romans&quot;&nbsp; along with the surrounding regions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378668[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cilicia, Anazarbus, Valerian I</b>, AD 253-260, Æ Hexassarion (27mm, 16.32 g, 6h), dated CY 272 (AD 253/4)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Six prize crowns</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Ziegler 836.1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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