Mazaeus Tarsus Newell 1920 Series IV, Silver, struck at Tarsus, 360–330 BC. Obverse: baaltars seated on a diphros (portable seat), bearded, head facing forward wearing a laurel wreath wearing a drape, holding an eagle, an ear of wheat and a bunch of grapes in his right hand, and a sceptre surmounted by a lotus flower in the left hand baaltars assis sur un diphros (tabouret). Reverse: lion attacking a kneeling bull; beneath, control symbols or letters lion terrassant un. Weight about 10.7 g, diameter 24.0 mm.
| mint | Tarsus | weight | 10.75g (10) |
| ruler | Mazaeus | diameter | ⌀24.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 5↕ (6) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Baaltars seated on a diphros (portable seat), bearded, head facing forward wearing a laurel wreath wearing a drape, holding an eagle, an ear of wheat and a bunch of grapes in his right hand, and a sceptre surmounted by a lotus flower in the left hand Baaltars assis sur un diphros (tabouret)
reverse
Lion attacking a kneeling bull; beneath, control symbols or letters Lion terrassant un
specimens (10)
British Museum
10.93g
British Museum
10.98g
⌀24.0
British Museum
10.82g
National Museum of Denmark
10.48g
6↕
National Museum of Denmark
10.72g
National Museum of Denmark
10.77g
7↕
National Museum of Denmark
10.72g
3↕
National Museum of Denmark
10.84g
10↕
National Museum of Denmark
10.50g
1↕
British Museum
10.72g
Cite this coin
Mazaeus Tarsus Newell 1920 Series IV (mazaeus_satrap_tarsus_newell_1920_4), 360–330 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mazaeus-tarsus-newell-1920-series-iv/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA