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Message:: [QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 25751847, member: 110226"]Here's a tetradrachm issued by Sabakes, a satrap of Darius III.  He fell at the battle of  Issus (November 333 BC). Egypt, Sabakes Persian Satrap, tetradrachm, imitating Athens, circa 333 BC.16.65 grams [ATTACH=full]1644663[/ATTACH] And here's the last Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt under Darius III, Mazakes.  He was Satrap for only a brief period, from 333 BC, following the death of Sabakes, to late 332 BC, when Alexander III invaded Egypt. He was replaced by Alexander with the Greek Cleomenes of Naucratis before Alexander embarked on his campaign to the east. This coin has been harshly cleaned, with most of the original hoard surface removed. Still it is an interesting coin, with Mazakes' name,  MZDK on the reverse.  This coin is unlike his tetradrachms in style, which are patterned after the Pi-Style owls of 4th century BC Athens.  This coin is clearly based on the classical Athenian owl, which leads me to think that it is actually a pharaonic owl with a Mazakes countermark on the reverse, over the AOE. I have not seen other owls with this type of countermark; more research is needed. The coin was purchased from Roma Numismatics in 2021. Egypt, Mazakes, Persian Satrap, tetradrachm, imitating Athens, circa 333-332 BC.15.94 grams [ATTACH=full]1644665[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]