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Obol
| Issuer | Aspendos |
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| Year | 460 BC - 430 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Reverse lettering | EΣ |
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| Mint | Aspendos (Pamphylia) |
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| Additional information |
Aspendos, a prosperous Pamphylian city on the Eurymedon River, began striking its own coinage in the fifth century BC largely on the strength of its salt trade and position as a regional commercial hub. This obol belongs to the archaic phase of that coinage, predating the city's better-known stater series that would dominate its output through the fourth century.
The SNG von Aulock 4485 reference places this among a tightly catalogued group of early fractional issues — small denomination silver that rarely survived antiquity in any volume, given how easily such lightweight pieces were lost in circulation.