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Coin of Hadrian & Sandon 117-138 CE

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.65 gm). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CE, laureate and draped bust right / ΤΑΡCEΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC, the God Sandan striding right on back of a horned lion, the God wears a towered crown with flame on his back, and holds a quiver, sceptre, sword, double-axe, and diadem. SNG Levante 996 (this coin); SNG France -; BMC Lycaonia pg. 186, 145; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Prieur 768 (this coin illustrated).

"The cult of Sandan, or Sandas, is a remnant of the 17th century BC Hittite occupation of Cilicia. In his Luwian form he was Teshub, the God of mountain storms. Within the Hittite sanctuary at Yazilikaya he is depicted as a bearded God with conical headdress, holding a club and plant, probably related to the Mesopotamian Tree of Life. Like the rest of the Hittite High Gods, Teshub's feet never touch earth; he either rides the back of mythological beasts, is borne on the shoulders of lesser Gods, or strides above the mountain tops. The mountain tops recall the lofty Hittite homeland, as does the high-peaked cap, and the pyramidal shape of Sandan's altar. While Sandan's cult in Tarsos became assimilated with that of Herakles, in his origins as a nature God he is more similar to the Greek king of the Gods, Zeus."

-taken from cngcoins

Mountain streams... Sandon, BC. Canada

Coin of Antiochos VIII Grypos & Sandon 121-96 BC

SELEUKID KINGDOM: Antiochos VIII Grypos, 121-96 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.92g), Tarsos mint, BMC-22, Cohen-1424, diademed head right, fillet border // Sandan standing right on horned lion between two omphaloi; all on a garlanded altar beneath a pyramidal baldacchino; monograms outer left, some porosity, VF, RR. From an old Collection, purchased by the collector in the 1960s with his tag.

"Grypus, having thus recovered his father's throne, and being freed from foreign perils, found his life endangered by a plot of his own mother; who, after betraying, from desire of power, her husband Demetrius, and putting to death her other son, was discontented at her dignity being eclipsed by the victory of Grypus, and presented him with a cup of poison as he was returning home from taking exercise. But Grypus, having received notice of her treacherous intention, desired her (as if to show as much respect for his mother as she showed for him) to drink herself first, and, when she refused, pressed her earnestly, and at last, producing his informant, charged her with the fact, telling her, "that the only way left to clear herself from guilt, was, that she should drink what she had offered to her son." The queen, being thus disconcerted, and her wickedness turned upon herself, was killed with the poison which she had prepared for another."

-Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Philippic Histories, Book 39.2