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| Issuer | Soloi (Cilicia) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 30 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Soloi was one of the most hellenized cities in Cilicia, and its name gave Greek the word "solecism" — ancient grammarians mocked the city's dialect as corrupt Attic. The civic bronze issues of this late period reflect a city caught between Seleucid decline and Roman consolidation of the eastern Mediterranean, with Pompey formally reorganizing Cilicia as a Roman province in 64 BC, effectively ending meaningful autonomous coinage not long after.