GS91518. Silver stater, Houghton-Lorber 88(2)a; Newell ESM 263; BMC Arabia p. 188, 43; Traite II, p. 487, 774; Weber 8202; HGC 9 67a, Choice F, well centered, old cabinet toning, light marks areas of light etching, tiny edge split, Mesopotamia, Babylon II (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 13.518g, maximum diameter 26.6mm, die axis 90
o, c. 311 - 303 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 seat; reverse lion standing left, anchor (control symbol) above, nothing in exergue; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection, ex Hesperia Art;
scarce;
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