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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3629839, member: 44316&quot;]The pomegranate&#039;s name in Greek was <i>side</i>, a pun on the name of the city, but a pun in Greek, not in the local language, so these coins were primarily for Greek speakers, no doubt merchants, according to Grainger in <i>The Cities of Pamphylia </i>(page 57).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]973489[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>23-22 mm. Stater. 10.69 grams.</p><p>Side, Pamphylia. 4th C. B.C.</p><p>Note the pomegranate in the left field.</p><p>Athena standing left holding Nike in right and resting left on shield, vertical spear behind</p><p>Apollo standing left holding up laurel branch, chlamys over shoulders, bow in left, altar in front, bird to right. Note the lettering 1:30 to 3:30 which is not Greek.</p><p>Incuse rectangle at 8:30 with lion left and crescent above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear Greek II --, but would follow Sear Greek II 5488.&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen VI Pamphylia --, reverse of 372, obverse of 373. SNG France 3 641 plate 33 (much worse). Several others have Apollo with the branch and several others have Athena with Victory, but none other there has both. BMC Side --.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, this a rare combination of common obverse and reverse types. But, rarity without beauty is not so desirable in &quot;Greek&quot; coins. Fortunately, this one is quite attractive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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