GREEK COINS
CILICIA
Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. Stater (Silver, 22mm, 10.64 g 5). B'LTRZ (in Aramaic) Baaltars seated to left, holding a lotus-tipped scepter in his extended right hand, and resting his left hand on his chlamys at his waist; below right, round shield. Rev. MZDY (in Aramaic) Lion walking left on rocky ground. M. Bendenoun, Les Monnaies de l'Antiquité, Splendeurs et Témoinages. Geneva, 2006, p. 139, 76 (this coin). Casabonne Serie 5, Group B (Tarsos). Coin Hoards 8 (1994), pl. 21, 1 (this coin). Newell, Tarsus, 11. SNG Levante Suppl. 27 (Myriandros). SNG Paris 431 (Myriandros). A lovely toned example, with splendid lion of oriental, 'Assyrian' style. Extremely fine.
From a European private collection ("B.H."), and from CH 8, 164 (Cilicia, pre-1990s).