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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Pamphylia| > |Side| > RP92550
Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D., Side, Pamphylia
|Side|, |Gallienus,| |August| |253| |-| |September| |268| |A.D.,| |Side,| |Pamphylia|,
The great ruins of Side are among the most notable in Asia Minor. They cover a large promontory which a wall and a moat separate from the mainland. There are colossal ruins of a theater complex, the largest in Pamphylia, built in the 2nd century A.D. Following Roman design it relies on arches to support the sheer verticals. The Roman style was adopted because Side lacked a convenient hillside that could be hollowed out in the usual Greek fashion more typical of Asia Minor. The stage building was ornately adorned but the decorations and the theater are damaged, in part due to a strong earthquake. The theater was converted into an open-air sanctuary with two chapels during the 5th or 6th century (Byzantine times).Theater at Side
RP92550. Bronze 10 assaria, SNG BnF 891, Waddington 3484, BMC Lycia p. 160, 108, F, well centered, porous, areas of corrosion, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 15.960g, maximum diameter 29.5mm, die axis 180o, sole reign, 260 - Sep 268 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠOY ΛI EΓNA ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEBA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, I (mark of value) to right; reverse CIΔHTΩN NEΩKOPΩN, Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing short chiton, chlamys and boots, patera in right hand, left hand rests on laurel tipped staff; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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