Selge was among the most stubbornly independent cities in ancient Pisidia, resisting Macedonian pressure even as Alexander swept through the surrounding region in 333 BC. The city's isolation in the Taurus highlands — more fortress than polis — gave it the economic and military autonomy to maintain its own silver coinage well into the Hellenistic period, long after neighboring mints had capitulated or collapsed.
The SNG France and Copenhagen references place this squarely within the well-documented core of the series, though die linkage studies by scholars working the Pisidian material have shown considerable variation in punch alignment across surviving specimens.
Selge was among the most stubbornly independent cities in ancient Pisidia, resisting Macedonian pressure even as Alexander swept through the surrounding region in 333 BC. The city's isolation in the Taurus highlands — more fortress than polis — gave it the economic and military autonomy to maintain its own silver coinage well into the Hellenistic period, long after neighboring mints had capitulated or collapsed.
The SNG France and Copenhagen references place this squarely within the well-documented core of the series, though die linkage studies by scholars working the Pisidian material have shown considerable variation in punch alignment across surviving specimens.