PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Circa 400-332 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater – Hemiobol (8mm, 0.36 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Sardes?). VF.

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Greek, 12h, Silver

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Circa 400-332 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater – Hemiobol (8mm, 0.36 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Sardes?). Satrap (or magos) on horseback riding left / Magos standing left, holding barsom; linear symbol to right. D.R. Smith, “A Hemiobol Depicting a ‘Magian’ or Magos in Fourth-Century BC Anatolia” in NC 182 (2022), dies O1/R1; J. Bodzek “On Two Lesser-Known Satrapal Issues” in Notae Numismaticae X (2015), fig. 5a–c (Tarsos); Brindley Collection 228 (Tarsos). Toned, light porosity. VF. Very rare.


Closing Date and Time: 7 October 2026 at 11:51:40 ET.

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