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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Orbiana| > SH57162
Orbiana, Augusta, Late 225 - 227 A.D., Wife of Severus Alexander, Side, Pamphylia
|Orbiana|, |Orbiana,| |Augusta,| |Late| |225| |-| |227| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Severus| |Alexander,| |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
SH57162. Bronze AE 31, apparently unpublished, BMC Lycia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG PfPS -, Lindgren -; cf. SNG BnF 844 (same obv die, Tyche rev); c/m: Howgego 805 (169 pcs), F, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 18.119g, maximum diameter 34.4mm, die axis 0o, 225 - 227 A.D.; obverse ΓN CEI CAΛ Λ BANTPB OPBIANTNH CE, draped bust right; countermark on right: E (5 assaria) in 7.5mm round punch obliterating IA (prior mark of value); reverse CIΔHTΩN, Dionysos standing left, grapes(?) in right, thyrsos vertical behind in left; big 34 mm medalic bronze; extremely rare; SOLD










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