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Sabaces

Sabaces
Satrap of Egypt
Portrait of satrap Sabaces from his coinage. Circa 340-333 BC. Achaemenid Egypt.
PredecessorPherendates II
SuccessorMazaces
Dynasty31st Dynasty
PharaohDarius III
Coin of Sabaces, in imitation of Athenian coinage. Obverse: Head of Athena. Reverse: Athenian owl. To right: Sabaces symbol and Aramaic inscription 𐡎𐡅𐡉𐡊 SWYK. Circa 340-333 BC. Achaemenid Egypt.[1]
Coin of Sabaces. Persian Egypt. Circa 335-333 BC

Sabaces (Ancient Greek: Σαβάκης; name variants: Sabakes, Sauaces; Sataces; Sathaces; Diodorus Siculus calls him Tasiaces (Τασιάκης);[2] Aramaic: 𐡎𐡅𐡉𐡊 SWYK, died in 333 BC) was an Achaemenid Persian satrap of the Achaemenid Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt during the reign of king Darius III of Persia.

  1. ^ CNG: EGYPT, Persian Administration. Sabakes. Circa 340-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.88 g, 9h). Imitating Athens.
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 17.34.5

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