Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm

Artaxerxes III to Darios III, ca 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.00g). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Near EF, dark iridescent tone. Good metal.

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City/Mint name:	Satraps and Governors
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Johnston, Earliest 6; Meadows, Administration 328; Mildenberg, MÃ¼nzwesen pp. 25â€“6 and pl. XII, 110; BMC Ionia p. 324, 3 and 6; Jameson 1787; Pozzi 3138
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 102 (5/2016), lot 648 [$9,500 + comm]
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