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Stater of Tarsos with seated Baaltars, struck under Mazaios
Greek
Late Classical Period
361–333 B.C.
Mint: Cilicia (Satrapy), Tarsos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 10.57 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2137.
DescriptionObverse: Baaltars seated to left on throne without back; in extended and lowered right hand, stem with bunch of grapes and vine tendrils downwards and ear of corn upwards; left resting on lotus-tipped scepter; upper body nude, himation over lower body; below throne, Egyptian ankh; plain border.
Inscription in Aramaic.
Reverse: Lion standing left on stag to left, biting stag's shoulder; lion's head in profile, his right hindleg on right hindleg of stag, who is kicking; stag kneeling left on left foreleg; dotted square border; square incuse. (test cut above).
Inscription in Aramaic.
Ruler: Mazaios
Inscription in Aramaic.
Reverse: Lion standing left on stag to left, biting stag's shoulder; lion's head in profile, his right hindleg on right hindleg of stag, who is kicking; stag kneeling left on left foreleg; dotted square border; square incuse. (test cut above).
Inscription in Aramaic.
Ruler: Mazaios
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren