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Stater - Tiribazus Mallos
| Issuer | Lydia, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 388 BC - 386 BC |
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| Weight | 9.71 g |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Aphrodite facing right, rendered in fine archaic Greek style with flowing locks secured by an ampyx and sphendone. The goddess wears a prominent beaded necklace and pendant earring, both rendered with careful detail. The facial features are delicately modeled, with a graceful profile and a softly parted mouth. The hair cascades in wavy strands beneath the headdress, framing the neck and shoulder. The overall composition reflects the refined Cilician die-cutting tradition of the late fifth to early fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAΛ |
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Tiribazus held the satrapy of Lydia twice — his first tenure ended in disgrace when Artaxerxes II had him arrested around 395 BC on charges that included unauthorized negotiations with Sparta. He was acquitted, restored to favor, and it is during his second period of authority that this coinage was struck at Mallos in Cilicia, coinciding almost exactly with the diplomatic maneuvering that produced the King's Peace of 386 BC. That settlement, brokered in part through Persian pressure on the Greek states, effectively handed the Aegean coast back to Achaemenid control — the very territory Tiribazus had spent years managing.