Very Rare Issue of Sabakes

251, Lot: 179. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Persian Administration. Sabakes. Circa 335-333 BC. Æ (10mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Head of Satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Archer crouching right, drawing bow. Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies type B, pl. 26 = Alram 374; Winzer 20.1. VF, dark green patina. Very rare.

Sabakes, the penultimate Persian satrap in Egypt, fell in battle against Alexander the Great at Issos. His successor, Mazakes, handed over Egypt to the Macedonians in 332 BC.