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.
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.