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1757 Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios. Silver Stater (10.87 g), Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC
. Baaltars seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, bunch of
grapes and scepter; in left field and below throne, Aramaic letters.
Reverse:
Lion attacking bull left; below, symbol. Casabonne series 2; SNG BN -
; SNG Levante 106. A superb example.
Nearly Mint State
.
Estimate Value .......................................................................................................................................................................$1,000 - 1,200
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from Edward J. Waddell, with his ticket.
This stater of Mazaios had a profound effect on the development of Greek coinage in the Hellenistic period. It is believed that the Baaltars reverse
type provided the model for the Zeus reverse used on Alexander the Great' s tetradrachms and was purposely imitated in order to create an image
that would be meaningful to both Greek and non-Greek. Mazaios himself seems to have been skillful at bridging the dangerous gap between these
two groups as he continued to serve as a satrap for Alexander after the fall of the Persian Empire.
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1758 Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios. Silver Stater (10.86 g), Satrap, 361/0-334 BC
. Baaltars seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, bunch of grapes and
scepter; below throne, symbol.
Reverse:
Lion attacking bull left; below, Aramaic letter. Casabonne series 1, grp. B; SNG BN 314-7; SNG Levante
111. Well struck.
Superb Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value .......................................................................................................................................................................$1,000 - 1,300
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1759 Cappadocian Kingdom. Ariarathes V. Silver Drachm (4.07 g), 163-130 BC
. Eusebeia-Mazaca, RY 33 (131/0 BC). diademed head of Ari-
arathes V right.
Reverse:
, Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and grounded shield; in outer left field,
T; in inner left field, monogram; in outer right field,
; in exergue, date (
). Simonetta (Ariarathes IV) 16b; HGC 7, 811.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ............................................................................................................................................................................ $250 - 300
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex NFA IX (10 December 1980), 313.