Top rated - Satraps and Governors
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm889 viewsAchaemenid Period, circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 12h), struck ca 341-334 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear; to left, bearded male head right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Unpublished variety of an extremely rare type with symbol on reverse. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (10/2002), lot 335 (where it realized EUR 4200). 
(7 votes)
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm 671 viewsCaria, Achaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.21g, 6h). Struck circa 350-341 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Persian satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear held in his right hand, left hand on rein. Good VF, toned, a few traces of porosity. Both dies engraved in the finest style for the type, displaying unusual detail in the facial features and musculature.
(5 votes)
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm2021 viewsAchaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10g, 5h), struck ca 350-341 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear. VF, attractive dark iridescent toning, flat strike. Rare. Ex CNG 36 (12/1995), lot 2079; Spink America (5/1995), lot 230; Pixodarus Hoard, 23.
The archer-horseman tetradrachms are one of the most enigmatic Persian coinages struck in Asia Minor prior to the invasion of Alexander the Great. Though various symbols and letters occur in the fields, no inscription exists to help us identify the issuer, mint, or purpose of issue. Konuk, however, identified two series, with and without subsidiary symbols on the reverse. Also, analysis of the Pixodarus Hoard has allowed the coinage to be dated from the decade beginning circa 350 BC. Additionally, as only the earlier, non-symbol, type is represented, Meadows concluded that the date of deposit of the hoard, 341 BC, served as a tentative divider between the two series.
(9 votes)
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Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE 111134 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca 392-388 BC, and in Ionia and Lydia ca 380-355 BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / Fish hook-like symbol. Very fine, rare.
(18 votes)
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Orontes (BC 357-352) AE476 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AE (0.97g), struck at Kisthene. Bearded head of Satrap right, wearing Persian headdres (Bashlyk) / Forepart of winged boar right, [ORO-NT-A (?)] around.
(5 votes)
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Orontes (BC 357-352) Tetrobol659 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.53g), struck in Adramytteion? Helmeted head of Athena left / OPON-T-A, forepart of Pegasos right. VF, light porosity. Very rare - Troxell was able to locate only 8 specimens in her study.
(6 votes)
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Spithridates (BC 334) AE748 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE (1.71g). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field, ΣΠΙ below. Dark green patina, EF. Rare.
Spithridates fell 344 BC at the Battle of Granikos in the duel against Alexander of Macedonia.
(5 votes)
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Orontes (BC 357-352) Tetrobol586 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.53g, 14mm), struck in Adramytteion? Head of Athena right, wearing helmet with large crest / ORONTA, forepart of Pegasss right, in incuse square. Unpublished variety of a very rare issue. VF/gVF.
(5 votes)
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Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE1028 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca. 392-388 BC and in Ionia and Lydia ca. 380-355 BC. AE (1.19g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / OA and symbol. Black patina, VF, very rare.
(5 votes)
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Orontes (BC 357-352) AE 12546 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, 357-352 BC. AE12 (1.45g), struck in Adramytteion. Laureate head of Zeus right / OPO-N-T-A, forepart of Pegasos right. Light brown patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
(5 votes)
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Gamerses (400-380) AE 13706 viewsGamerses, Satrap of Lydia, early 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.52g). Youthful head with short hair (with a braided strand in back) right (Eunuch Gamerses?), wearing earring and necklace / Zeus standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, eagle in left; star to left, ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ to right. EF, dark green patina.
(9 votes)
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Gamerses (400-380) AE 13885 viewsGamerses, Satrap of Lydia, early 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.69g). Youthful head with short hair (with a braided strand in back) right (Eunuch Gamerses?), wearing earring and necklace / Zeus standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, eagle in left; star to left, ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ to right. EF, dark green patina. Gutknecht Coll., ex Bank Leu AG, Zurich, 1992.
(7 votes)
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