Ancients
CILICIA. Syedra. Salonina (AD 254-268). AE 11-assaria (26mm, 6h). NGC Choice Fine. KOPNHΛIA-CAΛΩWNINA-CEB, diademed, draped bust of Salonina right, seen from front, hair brushed straight, carried up along the back of head and tucked under diadem; IA in right field / CYEΔ-PE-ΩN, Demeter advancing right, wearing calathus, lit torch in either hand. SNG Levante 447. SNG France -. BMC Lycaonia p. 160, 20. SNG Copenhagen 255. SNG von Aulock -. Asia Minor Coins Online 768.
The reverse shows Demeter entering the underworld to search for her daughter, Persephone.
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