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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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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Aspendos |
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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.