Chalkon

Aspendos, a prosperous Pamphylian city controlling one of the few navigable rivers in southern Anatolia, issued bronze coinage primarily for local market transactions during a period when its famous silver staters dominated inter-regional trade. The city's silver output in this century was substantial enough to attract comment from Arrian, who records Alexander's punitive tribute demand against Aspendos in 333 BC — partly a consequence of that very wealth.

SNG France 133 places this piece within a well-documented but modestly represented series.