Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Aspendos (Pamphylia)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	185 BC - 184 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.89 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 551122
References	Price# 2911 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , DCA# 312 Edward E. Cohen; 2011. Dated Coins of Antiquity. Classical Numismatic Group, London, United Kingdom. , Müller# 1220 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Ashmolean# 2870 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , DCA2# 476 Edward E. Cohen; 2023. Dated coins of antiquity, Release 2. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (2 volumes). , SNG Alpha Bank# 649 Sophia Kremydi; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 2.1. The Alpha Bank Collection: Macedonia, Alexander I - Perseus. Alpha Bank, Athens, Greece.

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Obverse

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; in left field AΣ (city ethnic) above KH (date); sling below throne.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
AΣ
KH

Translation:
Alexander (III, the Great)
Aspendus
CY 28

Mint

Aspendus, Pamphylia, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (185 BC - 184 BC)							$ 200

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Past sales

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	CGB Mail Bid Sale 51 Lot 239	17 Nov 2011	XF	USD 481.56 (EUR 415.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Lanz 64, June 7, 1993, lot 273
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	CNG Electronic Auction 588 Lot 192	4 Jun 2025	VF	USD 180.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 29 Lot 109	8 Oct 2023	VF	USD 353.61 (CHF 280.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 116 Lot 222	1 May 2022	VF	USD 220.47 (EUR 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 116 Lot 223	1 May 2022	VF	USD 197.27 (EUR 170.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 4 Lot 142	24 Jun 2018	VF	USD 252.58 (CHF 200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 419 Lot 198	25 Apr 2018	VF	USD 140.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Superior, 8 December 1993, lot 513 (part of)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 375 Lot 412	1 Jun 2016	VF	USD 190.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ponterio 130 (30 April 2004), lot 1324
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	CNG Electronic Auction 230 Lot 111	24 Mar 2010	VF	USD 195.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Mail Bid Sale 67 Lot 439	22 Sep 2004	VF	USD 220.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ponterio 84 (12 November 1996), lot 79
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