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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Aspendus
| Issuer | Mint of Aspendus |
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| Year | 212 BC - 182 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of the youthful Heracles facing right, depicted beardless with idealised features rendered in fine Hellenistic style. The hero wears the Nemean lion skin headdress, with the scalp pulled over the crown and the forelegs knotted at the throat. Wavy locks of hair emerge beneath the headdress and fall along the neck and cheek. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. The portrait closely follows the canonical Alexandrine type, widely used on posthumous issues across the successor kingdoms. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aspendus in Pamphylia was one of several eastern mints that continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms well into the second century BC, long after the Macedonian kingdom itself had fragmented. These posthumous issues were commercial currency, not political statements — the Pamphylian coast was deeply integrated into eastern Mediterranean trade networks, and the Alexander type remained the most trusted silver denomination across the region. The specific Price 2899 attribution places this piece within a closely studied sequence of dies from the Aspendian workshop.