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Spithridates (BC 334) AE
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Spithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE (1.71g). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field, ΣΠΙ below. Dark green patina, EF. Rare.
Spithridates fell 344 BC at the Battle of Granikos in the duel against Alexander of Macedonia.
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