bgr_1175230 - PAMPHYLIA - SIDE Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sidé, Pamphylie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Athéna. Revers agréable. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
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 : KLE-UC
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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