Obol - Mazaeus Myriandrus

Mazaeus governed Cilicia under Artaxerxes III and later Darius III, making him one of the longest-serving and most politically durable satraps of the Achaemenid west. His coinage from Myriandrus — a coastal trading port near the mouth of the Amanus passes — reflects the commercial demands of a region that funneled Levantine trade inland toward Mesopotamia. When Alexander crossed into Cilicia in 333 BC, Mazaeus did not fight him there; he withdrew, and the mint effectively ceased under his authority shortly after Issus.