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Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D., Side, Pamphylia
| The great ruins of Side are among the most notable in Asia Minor. The well-preserved city walls provide an entrance to the site through the Hellenistic main gate. Next comes the colonnaded street, all that remains of the marble columns are a few broken stubs near the old Roman baths. The street leads to the public bath, restored as a museum displaying statues and sarcophagi from the Roman period. Next is the square agora with the remains of a round Temple of Tyche in the middle. The agora was a trading center where pirates sold slaves. The remains of the theater, which was used for gladiator fights and later as a church, and the monumental gate date back to the 2nd century. The early Roman Temple of Dionysus is near the theater. The fountain gracing the entrance is restored. At the left side are the remains of a Byzantine Basilica. A public bath has also been restored. The remaining ruins of Side include three temples, an aqueduct, and a nymphaeum. The photograph right is of ruins of the temple of Apollo. |  |
RP88914. Bronze 5 assaria, cf. BMC Lycia p. 160, 109 (no altar, obliterated by c/m?); SNG PfPs -; SNG BnF -; SNGvA -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren -; c/m: Howgego 805 (169 pcs.), aVF, obverse die break at 3:00, porosity, countermark poorly struck sparing obliteration of the altar, the only example with a visible altar known to FORVM, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 15.070g, maximum diameter 31.0mm, die axis 45o, joint reign, Aug 253 - 260 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC CE, laureate bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass, star above; countermark on right: E (5 assaria) in 7.5mm round punch obliterating IA (prior mark of value); reverse CIΔHTΩN NEΩKOPΩN, Apollo standing front, head left, wearing short chiton, chlamys and boots, patera in right hand, left hand rests on laurel tipped staff, small flaming altar at feet on left; only one sale recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
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