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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Aspendos
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 194 BC - 165 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist with a himation draped across his lap and lower limbs, his right arm raised and extended holding an eagle, his left hand resting on a tall sceptre. An eagle stands on the ground before his feet at lower left. The royal legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, while the mint control letters ΑΣ and ΙΘ appear in the left field, denoting the Aspendian mint and a regnal or civic year. The overall composition follows the standard posthumous Alexander type established by Lysippos. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aspendos in Pamphylia had a long tradition of issuing its own coinage before coming under Seleucid control, and the city retained enough local prestige that the Seleucids permitted — or found it politically expedient to allow — coins struck in Alexander's name to continue emanating from its mint well into the second century BC. This practice of posthumous Alexandrine issues served the empire's need for a universally accepted trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean, particularly as Seleucid royal coinage struggled to maintain consistent reach.
The Price 2898 variety designation signals a die or control mark deviation from the principal catalogued type — worth cross-referencing against Newell's earlier work on the Pamphylian series.