CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Twelfth Stater – Obol (10mm, 0.68 g, 1h). VF.

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Lot: 264. Estimated: $ 100

Greek, Silver

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CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Twelfth Stater – Obol (10mm, 0.68 g, 1h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III, in the guise of Baal of Tarsos, seated right, holding lotus flower in right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in left / Lion walking left; Z (in Phoenician[?]) above. Casabonne Series 6 and p. 218, n. 913; Newell, Myriandros 5; Göktürk –; SNG BN 425 (Myriandros). Toned, some roughness, light scratch on obverse. VF.

The attribution of the walking-lion series of Mazaios had originally been given to the mint of Tarsos, but Newell argued that they more likely were struck at Myriandros in his study of that mint in AJN 53 (1919). Later, J.D. Bing, in AJN 1 (1989), argued for an alternative attribution of the Myriandros coinage to the mint of Issos. While most numismatic works continue to follow Newell, Casabonne’s significant study of Cilicia during the Persian period convincingly returns these coins of Mazaios to the mint of Tarsos (cf. Casabonne, pp. 215–7).

Closing Date and Time: 21 October 2026 at 11:27:40 ET.

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