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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeteB, post: 7350511, member: 99412&quot;]A &quot;sort of&quot; Hermes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1282003[/ATTACH] </p><p>CILICIA, Olba. Ajax. High Priest, AD 10-15. Æ (21mm, 6.89 gm, 9h). Dated RY 2 (AD 11/12). Obv: AIANTOΣ TEYKPOY, <b>Draped bust of Ajax (as Hermes)</b> right, wearing pileos; kerykeion to right. Rev: APXIEPEΩΣ / TOΠAPXOY / KENNAT / ΛAΛAΣΣ; (ET A), Winged thunderbolt. RPC 3728; SNG France 802-5 .</p><p>Writes a major source; &quot;The high priests of Olba, who also ruled the districts of Kennatis and Lalassis, claimed descent from Teucer, son of Telemon and half-brother of Ajax. Teucer, after the death of Ajax in the Trojan War, was banished from his home island of Salamis and founded a new Salamis on Cyprus. A branch of the family then moved on to Cilicia, according to tradition.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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