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Stater - Mazaeus Tarsus
| Issuer | Cilicia, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 361 BC - 334 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Lion attacking a stag to the left in high relief, the predator depicted biting into the back of the deer while both animals are shown in dynamic motion. A crescent symbol appears in the upper left field. Aramaic inscription in the upper right field. A small shield device is visible in the lower right field. The composition is rendered in the vigorous, naturalistic style characteristic of Achaemenid-period Cilician coinage under the satrap Mazaeus. |
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| Reverse lettering | CHRISTMAS The Snowman AND THE SNOW DOG PM 50p |
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Mazaeus governed Cilicia under Achaemenid authority from roughly 361 BC and proved unusually durable — he survived the transition from Artaxerxes III to Darius III and was still in office when Alexander crossed into Asia. Tarsus fell to Alexander in 333 BC with almost no resistance, and Mazaeus simply continued administering the region under new management. He later surrendered Babylon to Alexander in 331 BC, was rewarded with the satrapy of Babylonia, and struck coinage there as well — one of the very few Persian officials to mint under both regimes.