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Alexandria on the Issos AE19 Alexandria on the Issos, Cilicia. AE19 (6.07 g), 2nd Century BC. Obv. Head of Alexander - Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. Rev. AΛЄΞANΔPЄWN, Zeus Standing left, raising right arm; to left, two monograms. SNG BN 2407; SNG Levante 1834. Rare. Very fine. Alexandria ad Issum was founded by Alexander in 333 BC, about 35 km south of the Issos battlefield, to guard the Syrian gates (a mountain pass connecting the cilician coast with inland Syria) while he was advancing to Egypt. The small city issued few coins, in late hellenistic and some in Roman imperial time, all of which are rare today.
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