bgr_807108 - PISIDIA - SELGE Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 200-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Selgé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,13 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Héraklès. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès à droite ; la massue derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Foudre vertical et arc à droite.
Reverse legend : S-(EL)
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle.
Historical background
PISIDIA - SELGE
(2nd century BC)
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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