Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3590 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 24TH NOV) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $2,000
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SOLD $1,500
CILICIA, Tarsos, Mazaios, as Satrap, (361-334 B.C.), silver stater (10.98 g), obv. Baaltars seated left, head facing; holding grapes, grain ear and eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic behind, 'M' below throne, rev. lion bringing down bull to the left; 'MZDI' in Aramaic above, grain ear and monogram below, (S.5650, SNG Levante -; SNG France 350 var). Good extremely fine, and unpublished variety with the grain ear on the reverse.
Ex Triton III, November 30-December 1, 1999 (lot 591) with auction ticket.
Mazaios ruled Cilicia for 27 years, until just before the Macedonian conquest, later, under Alexander, he became governor of Babylonia.
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Estimate $2,000
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