Mallos, situated on the Pyramos River in Cilicia, was founded according to tradition by the seer Amphilochos and the hero Mopsos — a dual foundation that generated a celebrated ancient dispute over civic authority. The city struck its own silver coinage during the fifth and fourth centuries BC while nominally under shifting Persian satrapial control, a political ambiguity that granted it unusual monetary independence for a Cilician mint of its size.
Mallos, situated on the Pyramos River in Cilicia, was founded according to tradition by the seer Amphilochos and the hero Mopsos — a dual foundation that generated a celebrated ancient dispute over civic authority. The city struck its own silver coinage during the fifth and fourth centuries BC while nominally under shifting Persian satrapial control, a political ambiguity that granted it unusual monetary independence for a Cilician mint of its size.