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Stater of Aspendus
Obverse: Two wrestlers grappling. Reverse: Clothed slinger, right; triskeles (3-legged symbol) to right; Π between legs (control mark); square beaded border.
The inscription gives the name of the city in the local Pamphylian dialect of Greek (in the adjectival form), which preserves the archaic digamma (F), which has evolved into the Π/P in the Attic (and English) versions of the name.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1962 | The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. |
Geographies
Turkey, Aspendus (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 7/8 in. (2.15 cm); axis: 12:00
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.525