Memnon (BC 350-340) AE 13

Memnon of Rhodes?, Ephesos?, ca 350-340 BC. AE13 (1.88g). Persian king kneeling right, holding bow and spear, BA behind; countermark: star / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Possibly overstruck. Glossy brown-black patina, VF.

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City/Mint name:	Satraps and Governors
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Keywords:	bronze / classical
References:	A.E.M. Johnston, "The Earliest Preserved Greek Map: New Ionien Coin Type," JHS (1967), 1-4; BMC Ionia p. 324, 7; Babelon, Traite' II p.131, Pl. 89, 13
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