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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Side |
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| Year | 205 BC - 100 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, advancing to the left in dynamic stride, her large spread wings rendered in fine detail behind her. She extends her right arm forward, holding a victor's wreath, while her draped garments billow around her striding figure. To the left of the field, a pomegranate — the civic emblem of Side — appears above a monogram. The Greek letter Sigma (Σ) is placed to the lower left, serving as a magistrate's or mint control mark. The composition is characteristic of the bold Hellenistic die-cutting tradition associated with Side in Pamphylia. |
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| Reverse lettering | Σ |
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Side, a prosperous Pamphylian port city, maintained a remarkably independent civic coinage for much of the Hellenistic period despite successive overlordships — Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and eventually Roman. These tetradrachms belong to a long civic series that persisted through political transitions precisely because Rome found it administratively convenient to allow established local silver issues to continue circulating in Asia Minor.
The Seyrig attribution places this piece within a sequence documented primarily through the French national collection holdings, with Aulock 4794 providing the standard die reference for collectors. Side's mint output during this century was substantial enough that die linkage studies remain ongoing.