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Coin ID #8810

Klazomenai (BC 387/6) AE 12

4th century BC. AE12 (1.73g, 12h). Head of uncertain satrap right / Tripod; [K?]ΛA downward to right. Unpublished? VF, black patina.

The attribution is uncertain. Clearly from western Asia Minor, other city names could accord with the portion of the ethnic visible on the coin, but the small trace of the initial letter that is struck up seems to best match a “K”.

File information
Filename:2780102.jpg
City/Mint name:Klazomenai
Keywords:bronze / classical / satrap
References:???
Valuation:CNG Elec. Auc. 278 (4/2012), lot 102 ($260 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:160 KiB
Date added:May 08, 2012
Dimensions:800 x 374 pixels
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Dimitry   [Jan 27, 2013 at 12:40 AM]
This coin may depict Tiribazos, who delivered the terms of the King's Peace (under Artaxerxes II) in 387 BC, which made a specific claim to Klazomenai (and Cyprus). See, S. Ruzika, "Clazomenae and Persian foreign policy, 387/6," Phoenix Vol. 37, No. 2 (1983), p. 104 (asserting that such claim was necessary to stop Athens' intervention in Klazomenai politics, which was experiencing stasis at the time).

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