Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

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ASIATIC GREECE. Ill
Seleuceia on the Tigi-is, on the other hand, there was great propriety in prefixing that of Severus, as
he took Ctesiphon from the Partliians, a natural consequence of which would be the restoration of
Seleuceia, which stood on the opposite bank of the Tigris. The date is probably of the Seleucida; ;
the right-hand letter has some appearance of a *, which, on that supposition, it would be.
SELEUCEIA Cilicise sive ad Calycadnum.
iVote.— Seleuceia, on the Calycadnus, sumamed also Tracheia, as having been the chief town of tliat
division of Cilicia, preserves its ancient name and considerable remains of its ancient buildings on the
left bank of the river, at a distance of ten miles from its mouth (Beaufort's Karamania, p. 223).
Head of Diana to r.
Half-horse to r.
ANXaNIOC rOPAIANOC
behind, monogram. B. 2EAEYK KAAYKAAN.
Gordianm Junior.
CeBAC. Bust of Gordian to r. ; countermark, A ;
within it, O. R. CeAGYK N Ta nPOC la KaAY. Legend irregular. Two
winged female figures opposed, holding over a tripod a wreath, within which
is written eAGYQePAG. Conf. Mionnet, iii. p. 604, No. 312.
MAP. ANTilNIOC TOPAIANOC CGB. Bust of Gordian to r. ; countermarks, K.
and A. inclosing O. B. CGAGYKGilN 6AGY®ePAC KAAY. Mercury ad-
vancing to r., and extending his right hand towards Diana, who is retiring ;
below her, turreted female in long drapery, recumbent to I.
Philippus Senior,
AY. K. M. lOYAIOC "DIAinnOC CGB. Radiate bust of
Philip Senior to r.
ft. CGAGYKGiiN TiiN HPOC TO KAAYKAANii GAGYQGP. . . Two busts
opposed ; that looking to r. is radiate, has a raodius on the head, and cornucopise
behind the shoulder ; the other is laureate, and has a palm branch in
front.
Gallienus.
. . . . no. AIKIN. TAAAI .... Radiate bust of Gallienus to r. R. CGA
. . KGiiN TilN nPOC KAAYKAANii. Victory standing to I., with her foot
on a globe.
SELEUCEIA Pisidiffi sive CLAUDIOSELEUCEIA.
Note,—This city was one of three so much favoured by tlie emperor Claudius as to have adopted
his name. Tlie other two were Iconium and ClaudiopoUs. In the fifth century, the epithet of this
Seleuceia was Trpoe rif Tavp (Theodoret. H. E. 6, 27) at a later time it ; was called t/ ailtipa
(Hieracl. p. 673). From Ptolemy we may infer that it was not far from Antiocheia of Pisidia and
from the frontiers of Phrygia ; probably somewhere near a line drawn from Iconium to Antiocheia,
both known positions.
KAAYAI0GGA6YK[GIA]. Turreted female bust to r. R. Ram standing to r.,
looking back (sign Aries 2). Electrotype from the B. M.
SELGE Pisidise.
Nc^e.— Selge, a colony of Lacedsemon (Polyb. v. 72 ; Strabo, p. 570), or of Amyclso, according to
Dionysius Perlegetes (v. 860), preserves its ancient name. It is fully described by Strabo, and a description
of its present ruins, by the Rev. E. T. Daniell, is found in Spratt's Lycia, ii. p. 24. The
position of the city resembled that of Sagalassus, the former standing among the mountains near the
sources of the Eurymedon, the latter near those of the adjacent Cestrus. Sagalassus, as we learn from