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CILICIA, Olba. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ. Laureate head right / Pilei of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars. Staffieri, Olba 51 = SNG Levante 656 = RPC Online temp. 5827.2; SNG France -.
Olba was a city of Cetis in Cilicia Aspera, later forming part of Isauria; it had a temple of Zeus, whose priests were once kings of the country, and became a Roman colony. Strabo (XIV, 5, 10) and Ptolemy (V, 8, 6) call it Olbasa.
A coin of Diocæsarea, Olbos; Hierocles (Synecdemus, 709), Olbe; Basil of Seleucia (Mirac. S.Theclæ, 2, 8) and the Greek Notitiæ episcopatuum, Olba. The primitive name must have been Ourba or Orba, found in Theophanes the Chronographer, hence Ourbanopolis in "Acta S. Bartholomei".
Its ruins, north of Silifke in the Turkish province of Mersin, are called Ourain Turkish.
Coleção : Ancient Places