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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8055690, member: 91461&quot;][ATTACH=full]1395700[/ATTACH] </p><p>Spithridates </p><p>Satraps of Lycia &amp; Ionia </p><p>334 BC, AE10 1.05g</p><p>Head of Spithridates right, wearing a Persian headress</p><p>Forepart of a horse right, monogram above</p><p>SNG Cop 1538</p><p>Ex: Aegean Numismatics</p><p>Killed by Cleitus the Black while attempting to kill Alexander the Great.</p><p>&nbsp;Arrian reports that Spithridates, who followed his father Rhosakes as the Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia, died in the Battle of Granikos in 334 BC after Kleitos cut his arm off to keep him from shooting Alexander in the back with an arrow amidst the battle.</p><p>Next up: coin from the lifetime of Alexander the Great[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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