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Stater of Mallos with standing Zeus or Baal, struck under Tiribazos
Greek
Classical Period
386–380 B.C.
Mint: Cilicia (Satrapy), Mallos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 9.74 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1140
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2119.
DescriptionObverse: Zeus or Baal standing to left, himation over left shoulder and legs; in extended right hand, an eagle flying left; left arm resting on upright scepter.
Inscription in Greek in field at left. At right, obscure inscription.
Border of dots (die flaw at lower right).
Reverse: Ahuramazda with human upper body, nude, facing, head right; lower body consisting of outspread wings between the sun disk and tail; bearded; hair rolled; wearing turreted polos; in raised right hand, a wreath, upwards; in raised left, a lotus flower; at left and right, streamers below wings.
Inscription in Greek in field at left. At right, obscure inscription.
Border of dots (die flaw at lower right).
Reverse: Ahuramazda with human upper body, nude, facing, head right; lower body consisting of outspread wings between the sun disk and tail; bearded; hair rolled; wearing turreted polos; in raised right hand, a wreath, upwards; in raised left, a lotus flower; at left and right, streamers below wings.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.