Date: 193 BC
Mint: Aspendos
Obverse Inscription: None
Reverse Inscription: Right ALEXANDROU
Monograms: Left field : S (This coin is Year 20)
Symbol: None
Size: 29 mm
Weight: 16.94 grams
Die Axis Clock: 12
Reference: Price 2899*
Die Link:
Grade: Good Very Fine
Description: Obverse: Head of Herakles. Reverse: Zeus enthroned holding eagle with right arm and sceptre in left hand.

Only S is visible but there should be the letter A infront to make the letters AS for Aspendos. Below to the left should be the numerical letter K for 20 = year 20 on the Aspendos calendar. I was able to match this obverse coin as such by personally examining the coin trays for Aspendos at the American Numismatic Society in New York. There is a slight double strike on the obverse. Attractive portrait of Herakles.

* Reference : The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arhhidaes by Martin Price (1991) British Museum Catalog.

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