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Mazaios Tarsos Stater — Baaltars & Lion

Specimen · tarsos-mazaios-baaltars-stater-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — Baaltars enthroned left holding eagle, grain ear, and grapes; lotus-headed sceptre; Aramaic BʿLTRZ at right
Reverse
Reverse — lion attacking bull left; Aramaic MZDY (Mazaios) above; monogram below

Attribution: Asia Minor (Cilicia). Tarsos. Mazaios, satrap of Cilicia. c. 361–334 BC. AR. stater.

Obverse: Baaltars (the Baal of Tarsos) enthroned left, torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, and grape bunch in his extended right hand, lotus-headed sceptre in his left; Aramaic legend BʿLTRZ (Baaltars) downward to right; Aramaic letter(s) beside or below the throne on most dies

Reverse: Lion attacking a bull to left, bringing it down from above; Aramaic legend MZDY (Mazday = Mazaios) above; monogram or symbol below on most dies

Weight: 10.86 g (tag) (From Bezayiff tag; not re-weighed. Good weight for the Cilician satrapal stater standard (c. 10.5–11 g).)  Reference: SNG Levante 106

Related Coin Images

Related
The same coin as photographed by CNG for Electronic Auction 582, lot 218, closed 5 March 2025. See My Notes section for more info.
Image source & licence

Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com), from the auction listing.

Related2
CNG’s full-resolution studio photograph of the same lot (EA 582, lot 218), on a white ground. See My Notes section for more info.
Image source & licence

Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com).

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