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bgr_688539 - PAMPHYLIA - SIDE Unité

PAMPHYLIA - SIDE Unité XF
100.00 €(Approx. 108.00$ | 86.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pamphylie, Sidé
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche, une grenade.
Reverse legend : SI-D.

Commentary


Ce type de bronze reste rare, seulement un exemplaire au British Museum (BMC. 64) et un au Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG. France 3/ 773).

Historical background


PAMPHYLIA - SIDE

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Side, located on the Pamphylian coast southeast of Aspendos, was settled by inhabitants of Cyme in the 7th century BC. Its inhabitants, who used a Pamphylian dialect and not Greek, were considered dishonest. Moreover, the city offered a den for the maritime piracy of the ships that cruised in its waters. Pompey received an "imperium maius" to fight against these Pamphylian and Cilician pirates and establish the "pax romana" in the Eastern Mediterranean..

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