Silver stater, 23 mm, 10.85 gm.
Obverse: Two nude athletes wrestling.
Reverse: EΣTFEΔIIYΣ
Slinger advancing, triskeles in field.
Aspendos was an important city in southern Asia Minor. It was a member of the Delian League. The Persians captured the city in 411 BC. Alexander took it in 333 BC. There is an important Roman theater there.
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