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Chalkon - Tarsos
| Issuer | Tarsos |
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| Year | 164 BC - 27 BC |
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| Weight | 3.6 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tarsos, capital of Cilicia, operated under shifting overlords throughout this period — Seleucid, then briefly independent, then absorbed into the Roman provincial system after Pompey's reorganization of the east in 64 BC. The city retained significant civic minting rights through much of this span, a privilege tied to its status as a major commercial hub on the trade routes connecting Syria to Anatolia.
The SNG Levante reference places this piece within a well-documented Cilician sequence, though attribution of individual civic bronzes from Tarsos remains contested among specialists due to overlapping die use across decades.