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Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
| 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. |  |
GS94100. Silver tetradrachm, Price 2949, Müller Alexander 550, Demanhur 1919 -1924. SNG Cop 764 (Phaselis or Side), SNG Saroglos 495, SNG Alpha Bank 650, SNG Munchen 684, VF, excellent style, well centered, toned, light marks, lightly etched surfaces, Pamphylia, Side (near Selimiye, Turkey) mint, weight 16.037g, maximum diameter 27.0mm, die axis 0o, lifetime or early posthumous, c. 325 - c. 320 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, wreath on left, ΔI under throne, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ in exergue; SOLD
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