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MYSIA. Lampsakos. Memnon of Rhodes, circa 380-333 BC. Drachm (Silver, 14.5 mm, 2.96 g, 6 h), Pseudo-Rhodian type, previously attributed to Megiste. Youthful head of Helios to left, on radiate solar disk. Rev. M - E Rose with buds to either side. Ashton, Memnon 26. SNG Copenhagen 913 (Rhodes). SNG von Aulock 2769 (Megiste). Light porosity, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of a scholar.
Memnon of Rhodes was a prominent Greek military commander in the service of the Achaemenid Persians, who ruled Lampsakos. According to the scholar C. O. Schuster, Memnon was nearly successful in halting Alexander the Great's designs on the Persian Empire, and was arguably his toughest opponent (see Schuster, Carl Otis, "Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes (ca. 380-333, ca. 385-340)" in Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, 2016, pp. 366-7).
From the collection of a scholar.
Memnon of Rhodes was a prominent Greek military commander in the service of the Achaemenid Persians, who ruled Lampsakos. According to the scholar C. O. Schuster, Memnon was nearly successful in halting Alexander the Great's designs on the Persian Empire, and was arguably his toughest opponent (see Schuster, Carl Otis, "Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes (ca. 380-333, ca. 385-340)" in Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, 2016, pp. 366-7).