Samarian Coinage 241, M'h, Silver, 400–332 BC. Obverse: winged lion standing on its hindlegs, attacking a bull(?) standing on its hindlegs to l.; guilloche pattern square border. Reverse: persian king/hero wearing a jagged crown standing on r., holding by the head a prancing winged lion with a human head or a sphinx-like head turned to r.; guilloche-pattern square border; incuse square. Weight about 0.6 g, diameter 8.5 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 0.61g (3) |
| ruler | Samaria (Achaemenid province) | diameter | ⌀8.5 (2) |
| denomination | M'h | axis | 8↕ (2) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Levant | dataset |
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obverse
Winged lion standing on its hindlegs, attacking a bull(?) standing on its hindlegs to l.; guilloche pattern square border
reverse
Persian king/hero wearing a jagged crown standing on r., holding by the head a prancing winged lion with a human head or a sphinx-like head turned to r.; guilloche-pattern square border; incuse square
specimens (6)
SITNAM
0.61g
⌀8.0
3↕
SITNAM
SITNAM
SITNAM
0.69g
SITNAM
SITNAM
0.52g
⌀9.0
12↕
Cite this coin
Samarian Coinage 241 (lco.csc.241), 400–332 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samarian-coinage-241/ (accessed: 2026-08-27). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA