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Tarsos, Cilicia AR Stater (10.66g, 22.5mm, 1h). temp. Mazaios (Satrap), 361 – 334 BCE.
Obv: BLTRZ (Baaltars) in Aramaic to right. Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; TR (in Aramaic) to lower left, M (in Aramaic) below throne.
Rev: MZDI. Lion attacking bull left; monogram below.
Ref: SNG Levante 106; Casabonne Series 2, Group C. Cf. BMC 53; Babelon 695.
Provenance: Ex-CNG eAuction 455, Lot 168 (30 October 2019), from the J.B. Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Galleries, Autumn 2004;
Heritage Auction 296, Lot 11134 (27 July 2002), from the Dr. Joseph M. Seventko Collection;
ICG (AU53) #5571290112 (removed from encapsulation, Feb 2021);
CNG MBS XXIX (30 March 1994), Lot 252 (ill. on p. 25);
Sotheby’s w/ Numismatic Fine Arts, “Greek and Roman Coins” (Zurich, 27 October 1993), Lot 808.1 (part of, 2 coins, reverse illustrated), from the Athena Fund (Part II).
Probably from the so-called “Tarsus Hoard” (late 1970s) which entered the American market in the early 1980s (Bing, Daniel J. 1998. “Datames and Mazaeus: The Iconography of Revolt and Restoration in Cilicia.” Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 47 (1): 41-76.: p. 63, note 6, and p. 73).
