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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Pamphylia| > |Side| > RP88909
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 two agoras: a commercial agora and the "state" agora. The commercial agora is over 8000 square meters, surrounded by columns, with shops, exedras and latrines and washing places. On it inconceivable numbers of slaves must have been traded, for during part of its history Side was a major center for pirates who stationed their fleet here. At its center, there is a round temple, well-restored, that was dedicated to the protective goddess of the city, Tyche. The present construction dates from the 2nd century A.D. and was still in use in Byzantine times.Temple of Tyche
RP88909. Bronze 10 assaria, SNG PfPs 830 (same dies), SNG BnF 906 (same dies, countermarked E), SNG Cop 428, Waddington 3491, SNGvA -, SNG Righetti -, BMC Lycia -, Lindgren -, VF, porosity, rough areas, obverse die damage at center and edge at 2:00, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 15.101g, maximum diameter 30.9mm, die axis 45o, joint reign, Aug 253 - 260 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠO ΛI * ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, star above dividing legend, IA (mark of value) right; reverse CIΔH NEΩKOPΩN, Tyche seated left on rocks, wearing mural crown, pomegranate on stem downward in right hand; zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD




  







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