Editing Aspendos (section)

==Coinage==
[[File:Pamphylia Aspendos Stater, Olympic Games scene.jpg|alt=Ancient coin from Aspendos|thumb|298x298px|Silver stater from Aspendos dated 370–333 BC.  Obverse: Olympic games-type scene: two wrestlers grappling, the letters delta and alpha between their legs; Reverse: Slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right, triskeles on right with feet clockwise; Size: 23.6mm]]

Aspendos was one of the earliest cities to mint coins. It began issuing coinage around 500&nbsp;BC, first [[stater]]s and later [[Ancient drachma|drachma]]s; "the slinger on the obverse represents the soldiery for which Aspendus was famous in antiquity,"<ref>''A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum'' (British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, 1897), p. lxxii.</ref> the reverse frequently depicts a [[triskelion]]. The legend appears on early coins as the abbreviation ΕΣ or ΕΣΤϜΕ; later coinage has ΕΣΤϜΕΔΙΙΥΣ, the adjective from the city's local (Pamphylian) name Estwedus. The city's [[numismatics|numismatic]] history extends from archaic Greek to late Roman times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=264 |title=Asia Minor Coins – Greek and Roman coins of Aspendos |access-date=2008-10-02 |archive-date=2011-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104114722/http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=264 |url-status=dead }}</ref>