Lot 10004 – Persia, Alexandrine Empire, Mazaios Satrap (governor) of Babylon, c. 331-328 BC. AV Double Daric, 17.20 g.

Persia, Alexandrine Empire, Mazaios Satrap (governor) of Babylon, c. 331-328 BC. AV Double Daric, 17.20 g. (20mm). Obverse: Baalters (patron deity of Tarsus) seated left, one hand holding sceptre and one holding vine branch on which stands an eagle with wings folded. Reverse: lion biting into the neck of a collapsed bull, in linear square (shallow incuse square).

Choice VF, struck a little high with minimal loss to head and eagle, superb strike and lustrous.

NGC Ch VF 3/5 – 4/5

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6692627-005/NGCAncients/

A very rare local Babylon coinage from the time after Alexander conquered the region in 331 BC.

Ex CNG, Triton XXVI, 2023, lot 416 (hammer 20.000 usd)

Ex Chand Collection