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Stater
| Issuer | Aspendos |
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| Year | 380 BC - 325 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Two nude male wrestlers facing one another in the initial grip, their arms interlocked and bodies bent forward in a symmetrical composition. The figures are rendered in fine archaic-to-classical style with muscular detail, each bracing with bent knees against a flat ground line. In the field between them, the Greek letters ΔΡ appear as a control mark or magistrate's symbol. The scene is enclosed within a border of raised dots, lending a decorative frame to the athletic motif. The high-relief modeling of the figures reflects the accomplished die-cutting tradition of Pamphylian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (380 BC - 325 BC) |
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Aspendos in Pamphylia was one of the most prolific issuers of silver staters in the fourth century BC, and its coinage circulated well beyond the city's own territory — Aspendian staters turn up consistently in hoards from across Anatolia and the Levant. The city maintained effective monetary autonomy throughout the period of Achaemenid Persian suzerainty, striking on the Persic weight standard to facilitate regional trade rather than local exchange.
The SNG von Aulock 4550 reference places this piece within a well-documented die sequence, suggesting steady, organized mint production rather than emergency or episodic issue.