100-0 BCE
Ae 20mm, 6.5gms
Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right
Rev: ZEFYRIWTWN; Tyche, turreted, seated left, holding scepter; monograms in left field
SNG Levante 901
Zephyrion is modern day Mersin, Turkey and has been inhabited for roughly 10,000 years. During that time, it has been conquered and managed by pretty much every civilization. The city grew wealthy from the trade of white lead.
It is mentioned numerous times by ancient authors, though usually as “so and so reached Zephyrion” or “so and so conquered x, y, and zephyrion” (need that ‘z’).
6300 BCE
Earliest occupation of Zephyrion.
4500 BCE
Fortifications are constructed at Zephyrion.