Side, Pamphylia

Pamphylia, Side

AR Drachm, 4.21g. 18.5mm. 3rd-2nd centuries B.C. Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet.  Rev. Nike walking to left holding wreath; pomegranate in field to left.  Seyrig, Side 5.  SNG BN 721ff; faint scratches in upper left reverse field.  Magnificent obverse style in high relief and very rare in this quality.  Lightly toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG, Auction 117, May 19-20, 2021, lot 246.

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Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $4,350.

Pamphylia, Side, Macrinus, 217-218 A.D.

AE 34, 23.20g, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right. Rev. Athena hurling spear to right with aegis draped over her arm. SNG von Aulock 4821(dies). SNG France_. Light green and brown patina with some encrustation. Rare as are most large module provincial bronzes for Macrinus

Provenance/Pedigrees: 

Ex: Leu, Zurich, Web Auction 7, February 23, 2019, lot 757

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Very Fine $1,200.

Pamphylia, Side, Valerian I, 253-260 A.D.

AE 31, 14.34g. Alliance with Alexandria. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right.  Rev. Athena of Side standing to right and holding a spear facing Isis of Alexandria who holds a situla; they clasp sistrum between them.  SNG France 876= Inv. Waddington 3481. Peter Weiss, "Auxe Perge", in Chiron 21, 1991, no. 372   Very rare alliance issue and with a green patina.

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: Peter Weiss, Kiel, Germany ( collected, 1967-2015)

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about Extremely Fine/good Very Fine $1,500.

Pamphylia, Side, Gallienus, 253-268 A.D.

AE 10 assarion, 17.20g. 30mm. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right; I in field to right. Rev. Galley sailing to left; long branch with pomegranates to right. SNG BN 885(dies). BMC 116. The significance of the pomegranate branch on the reverse is that the fruit was the badge of Side and appears on its archaic coins. Dark brown and green patina withe some encrustation on the obverse.

Provenance/Pedigrees:

Ex: CNG, Lancaster, PA, Auction 467, May 6, 2020, lot 275

 

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Very Fine/good Very Fine $750.