Trajan 98-117 AD.
Ae 24 of Side Pamphylia. (SelimilyeTurkey).
Ob: Laureate bust right CID KAICAP NEP TPAIANOC.
Rev: Athena standing left resting on shield outstretched hand holding pomegranate. CIDH-TON.
Side was a major slave-trading center under the Romans with a population of 60,000.
Had a long history held in turn by the Greeks; Pirates; Romans; Arabs; Jews; Byzantines and Turks. Cant find exact reference for this coin.
