Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 361-334 BC. Baaltars seated to left, holding lotus-headed sceptre; thymiaterion surmounted by an eagle to left, BLTRZ in Aramaic to right, uncertain Aramaic inscription to left, astragalos(?) below throne / Lion advancing to left; Phoenician Z above. Casabonne Series 5, Group E var. (no additional inscription on obv.); SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Leu Numismatik 10, 2187 (similar, unrecorded Aramaic inscription on obv.); cf. Numismatik Naumann 103, 296 (same). 10.57g, 23mm, 2h.

Near Mint State; minor die shift to rev., wonderfully detailed. An apparently unique and unpublished variant.

Acquired from Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH.