Selge Silver Stater — Wrestlers & Slinger of Pisidia

Own a Distinctive Civic Coin from Ancient Selge

A genuine silver stater of Selge in Pisidia, featuring the city’s well-known wrestlers-and-slinger design.

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📷 You will receive the exact coin shown in the photographs.

🤼 Obverse depicts two wrestlers engaged in competition
🏹 Reverse depicts a slinger preparing a cast
🏛 A substantial silver civic coin from the mountainous region of Pisidia

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Why This Coin Matters

Selge was an important city of Pisidia in southern Anatolia, situated in rugged terrain and known from ancient sources for its strong local identity and periodic military conflicts with neighboring powers.

Its silver staters are among the most recognizable coinages of the region.

The obverse shows two wrestlers. Wrestling was an established part of Greek athletic culture, and the paired composition became one of the defining visual features of Selgian coinage.

The reverse shows a slinger. Slinging was widely used in ancient warfare, and the image is clearly martial. It is tempting to turn the design into a detailed story about elite Selgian mercenaries or a uniquely militarized civic culture, but the coin itself does not prove that interpretation.

Likewise, Selge’s mountainous setting and episodes of resistance should not be summarized as a city that simply “refused to be conquered for centuries.” Its political history was more complicated, involving changing relationships with larger Hellenistic and regional powers.

The importance of the coin does not depend on those exaggerations. The wrestlers-and-slinger type is already a powerful expression of local civic identity and one of the most distinctive silver issues of ancient Pisidia.

This exact coin is offered raw and ungraded.

Perfect For

• Collectors of Greek civic and Anatolian coinage
• Collectors of Pisidian silver
• Fans of ancient athletic imagery
• Collectors interested in ancient military iconography
• Anyone seeking a distinctive Greek silver stater

What You’ll Receive

• One authentic silver stater of Selge, Pisidia
• Date: c. 325–250 BC
• Denomination: AR Stater
• Obverse: Two wrestlers
• Reverse: Slinger
• Offered raw and ungraded
• The exact coin shown in the photographs

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• Guaranteed authentic ancient coin
• Carefully sourced and verified
• 30-day return policy
• Secure shipping from the U.S.

Learn More

Continue the story in the Kinzer Coins Journal: Selge Coins: Wrestlers, Slingers and the Silver Staters of Pisidia.