bgr_839640 - CILICIA - TARSUS - MAZAEUS SATRAP Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 335 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarse, Cilicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (BLTRZ, "BAAL TARZ" = BAALTARS) EN ARAMÉEN.
Obverse description : Baaltars assis à gauche, tourné de face, tenant de la main droite un cep de vigne et un épi de blé et de la gauche, un sceptre long ; sous le trône, l’ankh.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MZDI, "MAZDAI" = MAZAIOS) EN ARAMÉEN.
Reverse description : Lion attaquant un cerf agenouillé et le dévorant ; à l'exergue, une lettre araméenne.
Historical background
CILICIA - TARSUS - MAZAEUS SATRAP
(361-334 BC)
Mazaios had an important command in the second half of the 4th century BC during the reigns of Artaxerxes II (404-359), Artaxerxes III (359-338), Arses (338-336) and finally Darius III Codoman (336-330). He was satrap of Cilicia, then after 351, governor of Trans-Euphratesia. In 334, he was replaced by Arsames. During the capture of Tarsus in 333 BC, Mazaios rallied to Alexander the Great. After the capture of Babylon in 331, he was appointed governor of the region and died in 328 BC..
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