Spithridates (BC 334) Tetrobol

Spithridates, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia under Darius III, ca 335/4 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.25g). Head of satrap left, wearing Persian headdress / Forepart of Pegasos right, Î£Î I-Î˜PI behind and below. Extremely rare portrait of satrap. EF.

The Lampsakene reverse (Pegasos rather than a horse) might point to a date in early spring 334, when (or shortly before) Alexander crossed the Hellespont.

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Filename:	471542.jpg
City/Mint name:	Satraps and Governors
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	BMC 18; Traite II 2, pl. LXXXIX, 1-3; L. Mildenberg, Vestigia Leonis, p. 9, pl. III, 26; W. Wroth, NC (1900), pp. 289-90, no. 23; H.A. Cahn, Revue des etudes anciennes 91 (1989), pp. 97-105; Bodzek, Israel Numismatic Review 3 (2008), pp. 4-6
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VIII (4/2011), lot 115 ($16,000 + comm)
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