Æ35 - Gallienus ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ Α Ε

Side's civic bronze coinage under Gallienus was issued during one of the most fractured periods in Roman imperial history — the so-called Crisis of the Third Century, when the empire simultaneously contended with the breakaway Gallic Empire in the west and the Palmyrene Kingdom in the east. Provincial mints like Side operated with considerable autonomy during this period, producing civic issues that functioned independently of central imperial monetary policy. The city's coinage from these years is notably prolific, reflecting Side's commercial vitality as a major port on the Pamphylian coast.