Samarian Coinage 255, M'h, Silver, 400–332 BC. Obverse: satrap(?) wearing a tiara/persian headdress and seated on low chair(?) to l. , holding a palm branch and smelling a flower; dotted circular border. Reverse: persian hero/satrap rider wearing a tiara/persian headdress and a median riding costume on horseback to r.; spearing a fallen enemy carrying a shield, lying below the horse’s raised front legs to r.; incuse square. Weight about 0.6 g, diameter 9.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 0.59g (1) |
| ruler | Samaria (Achaemenid province) | diameter | ⌀9.0 (1) |
| denomination | M'h | axis | 1↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Levant | dataset |
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obverse
Satrap(?) wearing a tiara/Persian headdress and seated on low chair(?) to l. , holding a palm branch and smelling a flower; dotted circular border
reverse
Persian hero/satrap rider wearing a tiara/Persian headdress and a Median riding costume on horseback to r.; spearing a fallen enemy carrying a shield, lying below the horse’s raised front legs to r.; incuse square
specimens (1)
SITNAM
0.59g
⌀9.0
1↕
Cite this coin
Samarian Coinage 255 (lco.csc.255), 400–332 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samarian-coinage-255/ (accessed: 2026-08-21). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA