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Alabanda, Caria, c. 162 - 161 B.C., Civic Coinage in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great
Alabanda was on the river Marsyas, about twenty miles south of its confluence with the Maeander. It allied with Rome in the war against Philip V of Macedon, c. 197 B.C. Antiochus III took it soon after and renamed it Antiocheia until his defeat in 190 B.C. at the battle of Magnesia. Price dated this series of Alexandrine tetradrachms beginning in 173 B.C. and ending in 167 B.C., when Alabanda was defeated after invading Rhodian territory. Cohen begins the era in 167 B.C., after Caria and Lycia were declared free by the Roman Senate.SH71159. Silver tetradrachm, Price 2466, SNG Cop 757, Müller Alexander 1148, Tel Kotechek 517 - 559, Cohen DCA 311, VF, toned, Alabanda (Doganyurt, Aydin, Turkey) mint, weight 16.478g, maximum diameter 30.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 162 - 161 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, Pegasos flying left in lower left field, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward behind, ⊏ (year 6) under throne; ex Münzen & Medaillen auction 32 (26 May 2010), lot 41; SOLD
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