Samarian Coinage 161, M'h, Silver, 345–332 BC. Obverse: persian king (?) wearing a jagged crown, seated on throne(?) to r., holding a scepter and smelling a three-petalled flower; dotted circular border. Reverse: persian king (deified as ahura mazda?) standing to r. with lower body ending in a bird’s tail, smelling a flower and holding a three-pointed ring(?); dotted circular border; incuse square. Weight about 0.7 g, diameter 9.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 0.66g (12) |
| ruler | Samaria (Achaemenid province) | diameter | ⌀9.0 (4) |
| denomination | M'h | axis | 5↕ (11) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Levant | dataset |
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obverse
Persian king (?) wearing a jagged crown, seated on throne(?) to r., holding a scepter and smelling a three-petalled flower; dotted circular border
reverse
Persian king (deified as Ahura Mazda?) standing to r. with lower body ending in a bird’s tail, smelling a flower and holding a three-pointed ring(?); dotted circular border; incuse square
specimens (12)
SITNAM
0.65g
6↕
SITNAM
0.67g
2↕
SITNAM
0.58g
⌀9.0
8↕
SITNAM
0.82g
1↕
SITNAM
0.60g
8↕
SITNAM
0.75g
5↕
SITNAM
0.68g
5↕
SITNAM
0.76g
2↕
SITNAM
0.51g
SITNAM
0.68g
⌀9.0
2↕
SITNAM
0.69g
⌀10.0
11↕
SITNAM
0.56g
⌀8.0
7↕
Cite this coin
Samarian Coinage 161 (lco.csc.161), 345–332 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samarian-coinage-161/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA