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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Persia & Mesopotamia| > GS86798
Macedonian Kingdom, Seleucus I as Satrap, 328 - 311 B.C., Babylon, Babylonia
|Persia| |&| |Mesopotamia|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Seleucus| |I| |as| |Satrap,| |328| |-| |311| |B.C.,| |Babylon,| |Babylonia|, After the Persian satrap Mazaios surrendered Babylon to Alexander without a fight, Alexander retained him as governor. Alexander made Babylon his royal seat and established a mint to strike "Alexandrine" coinage, including massive quantities of his tetradrachms with a bust of Herakles on the obverse and Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned on the reverse. Alexandrine coinage was struck at many mints and circulated across Alexander's empire. At the same time, Babylon also struck local civic coinage, some in the name of Mazaeus. After Mazaeus death in 328 B.C., the satrap Seleukos I continued to strike local types in several denominations, all with Baal enthroned on the obverse and a standing lion on the reverse. This variety with a spear head control symbol is attributed to Seleukos.
GS86798. Silver double shekel, Nicolet-Pierre p. 289, 2; BMC Arabia p. 181, 4, pl. XX, 17; Mitchiner IGIS 7b; SNG Cop -; Traité -; Babelon Perses -, aVF, nearly as struck but high points unstruck and flat (common for the type), flan flaw on obv., obv. off center, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 16.743g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 135o, c. 328 - 311 B.C.; obverse Baaltarz enthroned left on seat without back, himation over left shoulder and around hips and legs, lotus tipped scepter vertical before him in right hand, left hand rests on his hip; reverse lion standing left, spear head left (control symbol) above; rare; SOLD



  






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