# Coinage of Side

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[[Image:Hellenistic.jpg|thumb|A bronze coin of Side, 350-300BC. Obverse; [Cortinthian crested Helmeted](/source/Corinthian_helmet) bust of [Athena](/source/Athena) right, Reverse; Pomegranate fruit.]]
[[Image:Gallienus Side.jpg|thumb|A bronze 11 assaria of Gallienus struck in Side 253-268 AD overstriked to pentassarion. Obverse; Laureate bust of [Gallienus](/source/Gallienus) right over eagle, Reverse; [Apollo](/source/Apollo) Sidetes, holding phiale and scepter.]]

The '''Coinage of Side''' refers to numismatic objects produced at [Side](/source/Side%2C_Turkey), an ancient Greek colony in the region of [Pamphylia](/source/Pamphylia), in modern-day [Turkey](/source/Turkey).

== History ==
The earliest recorded coinage from Side, silver [stater](/source/stater)s, date to approximately 490–400 BC. From this time up until the reign of the [Roman Emperor](/source/Roman_Emperor) [Claudius](/source/Claudius) the coinage of Side is representative of a fine Hellenic style, often featuring the Helmeted busts of [Athena](/source/Athena) on the obverse and the figure of [Nike](/source/Nike_(mythology)) on the reverse.<ref name="Greek coins values"/> A frequent theme on Side coinage was the [pomegranate](/source/pomegranate) fruit,<ref name="Greek coins values">{{cite book |author=Sear, David R. |title=Greek coins and their values |publisher=Seaby |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-900652-46-2 }}</ref> as ''Side'' was the name for [pomegranate](/source/pomegranate) in the local language, which is the city's name.<ref name="turkishodyssey">Turkish Odyssey [http://www.turkishodyssey.com/places/medit/medit3.htm Perge-Aspendus-Side-Alanya<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114034707/http://www.turkishodyssey.com/places/medit/medit3.htm |date=2006-11-14 }} "Side was founded by Aeolians of the Aegean region. The history of the town extends back to the 7C BC. "Side" meant "pomegranate" in the local language. Until the Roman Imperial period, pomegranate was the symbol used on the coins of Side. "</ref><ref name="ma-shops/2135">{{cite web |title=Greek SIDE (Pamphylia) AE13. EF-. 1st century BC. Athena - Pomegranate. |url=https://www.ma-shops.com/an/item.php?id=2135 |website=MA-Shops |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301032802/https://www.ma-shops.com/an/item.php?id=2135 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="vcoins/1562290">{{cite web |title=PAMPHYLIA, SIDE. AR Stater, circa 460-410 BC. Pomegranate / Athena |url=https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/musa_numismatic_art/193/product/pamphylia_side__ar_stater_circa_460410_bc__pomegranate__athena/1562290/Default.aspx |website=VCoins |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301033149/https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/musa_numismatic_art/193/product/pamphylia_side__ar_stater_circa_460410_bc__pomegranate__athena/1562290/Default.aspx |archive-date=1 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NumisBids/1668/1114">{{cite web |title=Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 96 Lot 1114 |url=https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1668&lot=1114 |website=NumisBids.com |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301032951/https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1668&lot=1114 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |quote=Pamphylia, Side. Stater, circa 460-430 BC, ...Pomegranate within guilloche border. Rev. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet, hair in queue. All within incuse square.}}</ref><ref name="wildwinds/pamphylia/side/i">
*{{cite web |title=Pamphylia, Side - Ancient Greek Coins |url=https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pamphylia/side/i.html |website=WildWinds.com |access-date=1 March 2023}}
*[https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pamphylia/side/SNGFr_772.jpg Side, Pamphylia, AE16. ca. 310-380 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right. / ΣIΔH, pomegranate on a stalk, caduceus to left. SNG France III 772; SNG Pfalz 487-488] cngcoins.com, auction 145, lot 108, Aug. 2006.</ref>

In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), young [Side](/source/Side_(daughter_of_Ictinus))'s blood is transformed into a pomegranate tree after she kills herself trying to escape from her father.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Garzya|first=Antonius|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44170039|title=Paraphrasis Dionysii Poematis de Aucupio|journal=Byzantion|volume=25-27|number=1|date=1955|publisher=[Peeters Publishers](/source/Peeters_Publishers)|jstor=44170039|access-date=December 28, 2022|pages=205–6}}</ref>

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