Mallos in Cilicia, 252-260 AD., Valerian I., Æ30, Sear GIC 4498.

Mallos in Cilicia, Valerian I.
Æ30 (29-30 mm / 17.81 g), 252-260 AD.
Obv.: IMP C LIC VALERIANVS PI FE AVG , laureate, cuirassed bust r..
Rev.: MALLO COLONIA / SC in ex. , Amphilochos, nude except Chlamys, standing to l., holding laurel; at his feet, wild boar, behind him tripod on platform with an egg at top and a snake coiling around to eat the egg.
SNG Levante 1298 (same obv. die) ; SNG France 1933 (same obv. die) ; BMC 21.102, 35 ; Sear GIC 4498 .

Mallos became a Roman colony during the reign of Severus Alexander (222-235 AD.).

Mallos was one of the oldest cities in Cilicia. It is told that the heroe Amphilochos was the founder.