Date: 190-189 BC
Mint: Aspendus ( Southern Turkey)
Obv. Inscrip: None
Rev. Inscrip: Rt ALEXANDROU
Monograms: Left field : AS and KG
Size: 29mm
Weight: 16.25 grams
Reference: Price 2902; Sear 5401 var*
Grade: Near Very Fine
Description: Obverse: Head of Herakles. Reverse: Zeus enthroned holding eagle with right arm and sceptre in left hand. There is a Seleucid counter mark of an anchor at the bottom of Alexander's coin. This would occurred a number of years after this coin was minted. The coin is well centered, antique tone, with a large portrait and flan. The monogram AS or AS is an abbreviation for the mint Aspendos. The KG are greek letters representing the number 23 = year 23 of the city of Aspendus. Greek scholars believe this was 190-189 B.C

* Reference : The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaes by Martin Price (1991) British Museum Catalog. Price 2902 refers to a coin in the book that matches the one above.

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