Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Satrapy of Babylon (Alexandrian Empire in Persia (330 BC - 305 BC))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	328 BC - 311 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm (330-305 BC)
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.02 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 536991
References	Nicolet-Pierre# 19 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre; 1999. “Argent et or frappés en Babylonie entre 331 et 311 ou de Mazdai à Séleucos”, Travaux de numismatique grecque offerts à Georges Le Rider, pages 285-306. , Traité II# 797 Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Waddington# 7218 Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Baal, wearing himation from waist, seated left, holding scepter in left hand, right hand on stool.

Reverse

Lion advancing left; above, scorpion right.

Mint

Babylon, Babylonia, Iraq

Comments

Babelon, Perses 295.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (328 BC - 311 BC)

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