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Obol
| Issuer | Selge |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Ares facing right, depicted in three-quarter or frontal aspect, wearing a crested Attic helmet with cheek guards. The bold, somewhat schematic engraving is characteristic of the Selgean mint's late Classical style. Traces of a Greek legend, partially legible due to die wear and the small flan, appear in the field around the head, consistent with SNG von Aulock 5268. The design fills the irregularly shaped flan with no exergual line. |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 300 BC) |
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Selge was among the most fiercely independent cities of ancient Pisidia, never fully subdued by the Achaemenid Persian administration that controlled much of Anatolia during this period. The city's rugged mountain setting in the Taurus range made it effectively ungovernable from afar, and that autonomy is directly reflected in a sustained local coinage tradition that persisted well into the Hellenistic period without interruption or imposed reform.
The SNG von Aulock 5268 reference places this piece within a well-documented but genuinely scarce series — Selgian small silver turns up far less frequently than the city's staters.