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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Satrapy of Babylon (Alexandrian Empire in Persia (330 BC - 305 BC)) |
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| Year | 328 BC - 311 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Baal, the Semitic deity, enthroned in left profile, rendered in a Greco-Persian artistic style with a semi-draped torso. The god is depicted seated upon a throne, his right hand grasping an upright sceptre or long staff, his body turned slightly forward. The finely modelled muscular figure reflects Hellenistic influence on the coinage of the Babylonian satrapy. No inscription or legend appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A powerfully rendered lion advancing to the left in a striding posture, its mane finely detailed and tail raised in a curve. Above the lion, in the upper field, a spearhead is depicted pointing to the left. The composition is contained within a beaded border, and the imagery follows the traditional Achaemenid-period iconographic convention associating royal authority with the lion motif. The field is otherwise plain, with no inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (328 BC - 311 BC) |
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