This is the coin of a Persian nobleman, known by the name of Tīrībāzu (440–270 BCE). Tīrībāzu was the satrap of Armenia and, later on, of Lydia.
Accounts of his eventful life and bittersweet legacy closely intertwine with those of the Achaemenid shah, Artaxerxes II.
A fascinating man indeed.
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago