An Aspendos stater I picked up a few months ago

[lordmarcovan]

Thought it was pretty.  My first of this type.

[Kazuma78]

Beautiful coin @lordmarcovan! The iridescent tone, style and size of the flan really make this coin pop! 

[DonnaML]

A beautiful example, @lordmarcovan. And it's great to see you stop by here again.

[Curtisimo]

That is a wonderful coin @lordmarcovan. The detail is nice, the centering is good and the toning in particular is appealing.

Here is my example:

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos
AR Stater, Aspendos mint, struck ca. 380-325 BC
Dia.: 22.1 mm
Wt.: 10.62 g
Obv.: Two wrestlers; the left one holds the left arm of his opponent with both hands, the opponent grasping with right hand his right wrist; no control in between legs.
Rev.: Slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right; Π in between legs; on right, triskeles to right, EΣTFEΔIIVΣ behind, all within dotted square; c/m: wolf running left in rectangular incuse.
Ref.: BMC 52; SNG Copenhagen 214; Tekin Series 4
Ex Harlan J. Berk (private sale Sept. 21, 2015 with tag); Ex zumbly Collection; Ex Minotaur Coins

[Cordoba]

beautiful example! i'm curious, how big is the flan?

[kapphnwn]

I believe @lordmarcovan's coin is minted roughly at the same time as mine

Ar Stater or double siglos of Aspendos 330/325-300/250 BC Obv Two wrestlers grappling Rv Slinger standing right about to discharge his weapon. To right forepart of horned horse above star.Tekin Series 5 De |Luca IX 8 This coin illustrated 10.47 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen

This coin may have been struck in order to pay a tax levied by Alexander III.  This may explain the star which is a symbol of Macedon as well as the horned horse. How long after 330 BC is anyone's guess. The symbol of the  horned horse was also used by Seleukos I Nikator. 

[ominus1]

...hey melord!...that's a nice'un!  ^^

[AncientJoe]

An exceptional addition, LM!

[JayAg47]

Splendid!

[Ryro]

Lord M! Fantastic stater. Highly desirable toning. And I love the niple, that little bonus bit leftover from when they were making the flan. Very 😎  

I recently upgraded mine to one of the hard to find Herms as the icon:

[Ryro]

8 hours ago, kapphnwn said:

I believe @lordmarcovan's coin is minted roughly at the same time as mine

Ar Stater or double siglos of Aspendos 330/325-300/250 BC Obv Two wrestlers grappling Rv Slinger standing right about to discharge his weapon. To right forepart of horned horse above star.Tekin Series 5 De |Luca IX 8 This coin illustrated 10.47 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen

This coin may have been struck in order to pay a tax levied by Alexander III.  This may explain the star which is a symbol of Macedon as well as the horned horse. How long after 330 BC is anyone's guess. The symbol of the  horned horse was also used by Seleukos I Nikator. 

And no triskeles?! How amazing. 

And that sure looks like the Makedon sun

the royal symbol atop Philip ll's tomb

 

[kirispupis]

That's a gorgeous example. An Aspendos stater is definitely on my list. Perhaps I'll pick one up next year...

[happy_collector]

A very nice coin, @lordmarcovan. Great toning.  🙂

I plan to add a similar one to my collection next year. I currently have a Pisidia of a later date. Reverse is Hercules holding club instead of slinger. 

Pisidia, Selge Stater circa 350-325 BC.
26.00 mm., 10.34 g.
Obv: Two wrestlers grappling, below, BA.
Rev: Herckles standing r., holding cluboverhead and lion's skin; in r. field, spear head and below, shield.
SNG France 1935.
Naville Numismatics. June 2022

Edited December 8, 2022 by happy_collector

[lordmarcovan]

On 12/7/2022 at 12:50 PM, Cordoba said:

beautiful example! i'm curious, how big is the flan?

I need to measure it next time I’m in my safe deposit stuff.  As I recall, it’s approximately US quarter-sized?

[Shea19]

Great pickup, LM!  

Here’s my example:

Pamphylia, Aspendos. AR Stater (22 mm, 10.65g). Circa 380-325 BC. Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other; between them, AK./ Rev. Slinger standing right; to right, triskeles running left; all within dotted square border. Tekin Series 4.