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Tetradrachm - Various monograms Babylon
| Issuer | Babylon, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 328 BC - 311 BC |
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| Weight | 16.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Bearded Zeus (or Baal of Babylon) enthroned to the left, depicted in a frontal seated pose with his body turned slightly toward the viewer; the deity holds a long sceptre or staff upright in his right hand, with his left hand resting upon his knee. The figure is rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic Achaemenid-influenced style, seated upon an ornate throne with decorative legs. The field is plain and the coin's irregular flan exhibits typical characteristics of hammered coinage of the Babylonian satrapal period. |
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| Reverse description | A lion advancing to the left in a dynamic, striding pose, rendered with bold, naturalistic musculature; the mane is rendered in stylised radiating locks framing the head. Above the lion, a Greek monogram (ANT or similar control mark) appears in the upper field, serving as a mint control symbol. The design follows the Babylonian civic coinage tradition and reflects Macedonian administrative oversight of the mint during the late Achaemenid and early Macedonian period. |
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| Mint | Babylon |
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