bgr_859047 - PISIDIA - SELGE Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 300-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pisidie, Selgé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré. Très joli portrait de Gorgone au droit, finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone vue de face (gorgoneion).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier et à triple aigrette ; derrière la tête, astragale.
Historical background
PISIDIA - SELGE
(5th - 4th century AD)
Selgé was on the banks of the Eurymedon about forty kilometers from Aspendos, whose coinage she sometimes imitates. The inhabitants of this rich and prosperous agricultural land claimed descent from the Lacedaemonians, but had abandoned Greek in favor of a Pisidian dialect. The Selgians were renowned fighters. The city remained under Persian rule until the arrival of Alexander the Great in 333 BC..
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