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PAMPHYLIA.
lxxxi
A series of small early coins, bearing on the obverse a pomegranate,
with an incuse reverse, has been attributed to Side.* Two speci-
mens in the British Museum (from Η. P. Borrell’s collection) came
from Mytilene and Astypalasa respectively. This fact, and the
quadripartite incuse of the Hunter coins, are against their Pam-
phylian origin. They may possibly belong to Melos.
The coinage begins on the Persic standard, in the early fifth
century, with a series which seems to belong to Side in alliance with
Holmi in Cilicia. Imhoof-Blumer has remarked-)· the resemblance
between the coins of these two places in the fourth century. The
dolphin, which occurs as a symbol at Holmi, corresponds to the
pomegranate (σ/δτ;) of Side. On the early series (nos. 1-6, Pl. xxv.
7-10) we find dolphin and pomegranate combined in a curious way.
It is therefore not altogether fanciful to suppose that these coins
were struck by the two ports in alliance. The type of Athena is
common to both places. J
In the fourth century, Side issued coins with the types of Athena
and Apollo, usually with the symbol of the pomegranate. The
quasi-Semitic inscription and subsidiary letters on these coins (nos.
11-19, Pl. xxvi. 4-11) have not yet been deciphered with certainty.§
* Hunter, p. 270, no. 5, Pl. 49, 7.
t Gr. Jfiinz., p. 710 (Holmoi).
t See Imhoof-Blumer, l.c., nos. 562-564. For other early coins of Side, see Hunter
Mus., Pl. 49, 4-6. On one of these a head of Apollo forms the reverse type. (See
Pl. xliv. 17.)
ί See De Luynes, Num. des Satr., p. 22 ; Waddington, Rev. Num., 1861,
PP.13,14; Friedlander, Zeit.f. Num., x., p. 3. M. J. P. Six has kindly allowed me
to consult a paper which is about to appear in the Numismatic Chronicle. Starting
from Friedlander’s conjecture that the legend is parallel to the ΑΠΟΑΑΩΝΟΟ
CIAHTOV ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟν of the imperial coins, and the Υανάσσας npaias
of Perga, he explains the legend as ανακτος Σιδήτου. The last two letters he reads
(with De Laynes) "70, ?··β· Σ(ι)δ(>)τον). The other letters (half Semitic, half Greek)
lxxxi
A series of small early coins, bearing on the obverse a pomegranate,
with an incuse reverse, has been attributed to Side.* Two speci-
mens in the British Museum (from Η. P. Borrell’s collection) came
from Mytilene and Astypalasa respectively. This fact, and the
quadripartite incuse of the Hunter coins, are against their Pam-
phylian origin. They may possibly belong to Melos.
The coinage begins on the Persic standard, in the early fifth
century, with a series which seems to belong to Side in alliance with
Holmi in Cilicia. Imhoof-Blumer has remarked-)· the resemblance
between the coins of these two places in the fourth century. The
dolphin, which occurs as a symbol at Holmi, corresponds to the
pomegranate (σ/δτ;) of Side. On the early series (nos. 1-6, Pl. xxv.
7-10) we find dolphin and pomegranate combined in a curious way.
It is therefore not altogether fanciful to suppose that these coins
were struck by the two ports in alliance. The type of Athena is
common to both places. J
In the fourth century, Side issued coins with the types of Athena
and Apollo, usually with the symbol of the pomegranate. The
quasi-Semitic inscription and subsidiary letters on these coins (nos.
11-19, Pl. xxvi. 4-11) have not yet been deciphered with certainty.§
* Hunter, p. 270, no. 5, Pl. 49, 7.
t Gr. Jfiinz., p. 710 (Holmoi).
t See Imhoof-Blumer, l.c., nos. 562-564. For other early coins of Side, see Hunter
Mus., Pl. 49, 4-6. On one of these a head of Apollo forms the reverse type. (See
Pl. xliv. 17.)
ί See De Luynes, Num. des Satr., p. 22 ; Waddington, Rev. Num., 1861,
PP.13,14; Friedlander, Zeit.f. Num., x., p. 3. M. J. P. Six has kindly allowed me
to consult a paper which is about to appear in the Numismatic Chronicle. Starting
from Friedlander’s conjecture that the legend is parallel to the ΑΠΟΑΑΩΝΟΟ
CIAHTOV ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟν of the imperial coins, and the Υανάσσας npaias
of Perga, he explains the legend as ανακτος Σιδήτου. The last two letters he reads
(with De Laynes) "70, ?··β· Σ(ι)δ(>)τον). The other letters (half Semitic, half Greek)