Mazaeus Tarsus Newell 1920 Series III, Silver, struck at Tarsus, 360–330 BC. Obverse: baaltars, bearded, draped, seated on a diphros (portable seat), head facing forward, holding an eagle an ear of wheat and a bunch of grapes in one hand and a sceptre surmounted by a lotus flower in the other baaltars assis sur un diphros (tabouret). Reverse: lion attacking a kneeling bull; beneath, magistrate's name lion terrassant un. Weight about 10.8 g.
| mint | Tarsus | weight | 10.82g (6) |
| ruler | Mazaeus | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | — | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Baaltars, bearded, draped, seated on a diphros (portable seat), head facing forward, holding an eagle an ear of wheat and a bunch of grapes in one hand and a sceptre surmounted by a lotus flower in the other Baaltars assis sur un diphros (tabouret)
reverse
Lion attacking a kneeling bull; beneath, magistrate's name Lion terrassant un
specimens (6)
British Museum
10.55g
British Museum
10.90g
British Museum
10.89g
British Museum
10.71g
British Museum
11.01g
British Museum
10.84g
Cite this coin
Mazaeus Tarsus Newell 1920 Series III (mazaeus_satrap_tarsus_newell_1920_3), 360–330 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mazaeus-tarsus-newell-1920-series-iii/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA