TYPE Ancient Greece, Babylon (Babylonia) 328-311 BC, silver tetradrachm, 16.81g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Baal seated left, holding scepter Rev: Lion walking left, traces of legend above REFERENCE: SG 6142v GRADING: AEF, flat area (above Baal'chest, lion's tail), gray toning, slight nicks ORDER INFO: G2729, $265 A city of great importance in Antiquity, Babylon's importance stretched into the Hellenistic era, and its swan song came in the half century following its planned surrender to Alexander the Great by the satrap Mazaios. During the ensuing period of self-rule by the able satrap and his successors, a series of Attic-standard silver with local design elements was issued, the present specimen an example of the flagship denomination in its earlier, full-weight version.