Hello I saw this very rare Persian satrapal stater for a while and after contemplating , I decided to buy it. I had a satrapal coin of Mazaues but this one belongs to earlier satrap of Armenia called Tiribazus. What attracted me about the coin was its reverse that shows the traditional achaemenid head gear for satraps. Please share your satrapal coins
Very nice Satrap coin, @ernstk One fateful swoop of a sword was so close to changing Western History into EASTERN History... Persian Empire Spithridates, Achaemenid satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia) ca 334 BC AE10, 1.20g Obv: Head of satrap r., wearing Persian headdress Rev: Forepart of galloping horse r., monogram above, Greek PI below Ref: VA 1823, Klein 367, Cop 1538 Comment: VF+ / VF , rev. bit o/c, highlighted olive green-brown patina, scarce
So true @Alegandron and I remember Alexander later killed the commander who saved his life from that incident.
