Samarian Coinage 117, M'h, Silver, 375–332 BC. Obverse: satrap(?) wearing a tiara/persian headdress, seated on stool (diphros) to r., checking an arrow with both hands; bow resting below; dotted circular border. Reverse: persian king/hero standing on l., facing a bull which he holds by one horn, dagger drawn in his other hand; between them pellet(?); dotted circular border; incuse circle. Weight about 0.6 g, diameter 9.2 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 0.60g (27) |
| ruler | Samaria (Achaemenid province) | diameter | ⌀9.2 (5) |
| denomination | M'h | axis | 8↕ (24) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Levant | dataset |
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obverse
Satrap(?) wearing a tiara/Persian headdress, seated on stool (diphros) to r., checking an arrow with both hands; bow resting below; dotted circular border
reverse
Persian king/hero standing on l., facing a bull which he holds by one horn, dagger drawn in his other hand; between them pellet(?); dotted circular border; incuse circle
specimens (24)
SITNAM
0.65g
11↕
SITNAM
0.73g
7↕
SITNAM
0.73g
3↕
SITNAM
0.76g
11↕
SITNAM
0.66g
12↕
SITNAM
0.53g
8↕
SITNAM
0.56g
9↕
SITNAM
0.76g
5↕
SITNAM
0.39g
12↕
SITNAM
0.52g
3↕
SITNAM
0.73g
2↕
SITNAM
0.45g
12↕
SITNAM
0.55g
12↕
SITNAM
0.41g
4↕
SITNAM
0.55g
10↕
SITNAM
0.56g
9↕
SITNAM
0.75g
⌀10.0
3↕
SITNAM
0.53g
12↕
SITNAM
0.47g
4↕
SITNAM
0.59g
SITNAM
0.60g
SITNAM
0.61g
SITNAM
0.58g
11↕
SITNAM
0.78g
⌀10.0
3↕
Cite this coin
Samarian Coinage 117 (lco.csc.117), 375–332 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samarian-coinage-117/ (accessed: 2026-08-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA