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Obol
| Issuer | Selge (Pisidia) |
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| Year | 370 BC - 350 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and a tendril along the bowl, rendered in finely detailed relief. The bust is confined within a square incuse punch, a technique typical of early Pisidian coinage of this period. The field within the incuse is plain, directing full attention to the goddess's profile. |
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| Mint | Selge |
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Selge was among the most stubbornly independent cities in Pisidia, never fully absorbed into the Achaemenid administrative network despite Persian dominance across much of Anatolia during this period. Its coinage was locally controlled and locally circulated — feeding a mountain economy built on timber, storax resin, and the occasional mercenary contract. The obol denomination at this weight signals small-transaction commerce rather than inter-city trade.
SNG von Aulock 5241 is the standard reference point for this type, documented from the Hans von Aulock collection assembled through the mid-twentieth century — still the benchmark corpus for Pisidian coinage.