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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Reid Goldsborough, post: 170831, member: 34&quot;]The price of a coin is whatever it sells for, which can be significantly vary depending on where it sells, from whom, and to whom.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a posthumous Alexander tetradrachm minted in Aspendos, Pamphylia, Asia Minor, c. 195-194 BC. It can be attributed as Price 2897, Müller 1210, SNG Ash. 2863 (with same countermark), and SNG Cop. 771. The first two mint marks in the reverse left field, alpha and sigma, stand for the first two letters of Aspendos. The two letters underneath this are year dates for the coin, in this case iota and êta for 18. The first year of this local era corresponded to the defeat of the Seleukid general Achaeus and the beginning of a period of autonomy for Aspendos. The city was later brought under the control of the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon. The mark above Herakle&#039;s head is a Seleukid anchor. This specimen, as many Pamphylian Alexanders were, was later countermarked on the obverse with a Seleukid anchor, likely by Antiochus IV c. 172 BC, allowing for circulation in Seleukid-controlled areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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