PAMPHYLIA. Side. Salonina, Augusta, 254-268. 10 Assaria (Bronze, 29 mm, 19.49 g, 8 h). KOPNHΛIA CAΛΩ-NINA Diademed and draped bust of Salonina set on crescent to right; before, value mark I. Rev. CIΔHTΩN A NЄΩKOPΩN / NAYAPXIC Large galley under oar to left with standard at stern; below, two smaller galleys under sail and oar to right. SNG Paris 941. SNG PFPS 878. SNG von Aulock 8551. Rare. Rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.

Situated on a projecting peninsula, Side had always been orientated towards the sea and it was an infamous pirates' nest in the 1st century BC. Under Roman rule, the city became the dominant trading center of the fertile Pamphylian plain and exported large quantities of agricultural products to other parts of the Empire through its sizable harbor, shown here from a bird's eye view