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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Persian Caria| > SH46855
Persian Achaemenid Empire, Carian Satrapy, Maussolos, c. 377 - 353 B.C.
|Persian| |Caria|, |Persian| |Achaemenid| |Empire,| |Carian| |Satrapy,| |Maussolos,| |c.| |377| |-| |353| |B.C.|, Mausolus (Maussollos) is best known because his elaborate tomb, the Mausoleum, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In 357, Mausolus helped Rhodes and other Athenian allies (Chios, Kos, and Byzantium) revolt against Athens. These cities then became federates of Mausolus.
SH46855. Silver tetradrachm, BMC Caria p. 181, 8, SNG Kayhan 873, SNG Cop 59 var. (no monogram), VF, Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey) mint, weight 15.075g, maximum diameter 25.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 377 - 353 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo, facing slightly right; reverse MAYΣΣΩΛΛO, Zeus Labraundos standing right, labrys in right over shoulder, spear vertical in left, ME monogram in left field under elbow; fantastic high relief head of Apollo; SOLD










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