Soloi was a Cilician Greek city reputedly founded by colonists from Lindos and Soli in Argolis, though its mint output in the late fifth century reflects strong Athenian commercial influence across the eastern Mediterranean. The city later gave the Greek language the word "solecism" — ancient writers claimed the colonists' dialect had drifted so far from standard Attic that grammatical errors became associated with their speech.
Staters of this type are well-attested across the SNG Copenhagen and Ashmolean corpora, suggesting reasonably consistent production across the thirty-year window, likely tied to Cilicia's role supplying silver to Achaemenid tributary networks alongside its Greek trading partners.
Soloi was a Cilician Greek city reputedly founded by colonists from Lindos and Soli in Argolis, though its mint output in the late fifth century reflects strong Athenian commercial influence across the eastern Mediterranean. The city later gave the Greek language the word "solecism" — ancient writers claimed the colonists' dialect had drifted so far from standard Attic that grammatical errors became associated with their speech.
Staters of this type are well-attested across the SNG Copenhagen and Ashmolean corpora, suggesting reasonably consistent production across the thirty-year window, likely tied to Cilicia's role supplying silver to Achaemenid tributary networks alongside its Greek trading partners.