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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7765458, member: 118780&quot;]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, I picked up this Mazaios stater that was too amazing to pass up. First, it has the traditional lion taking down a bull. Then there&#039;s the speculation that it was the inspiration for Alexander the Great&#039;s famous silver coinage. Finally, there&#039;s the city walls, which David Hendin suspects are the newly completed walls of Jerusalem. Those three things together on one coin were too much for me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But, getting to the walls, Hendin refers to the text &quot;Ebra Nahara&quot; on the coin, which means &quot;the other side of the river.&quot; This term is often used in biblical terms for Judea. If so, then this would be a depiction of the second temple.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, this has raised several questions for me. Among them are:</p><ol> <li>Let&#039;s suppose this is Jerusalem. Then, is this the oldest surviving depiction of the city of Jerusalem? </li> <li>If these are the walls of the second temple, are there any other images of it from before it was destroyed?</li> <li>Regardless whether this is Jerusalem, is this the first depiction of an actual city on a coin?</li> <li>Why is this coin generally cheaper than those containing only the lion and the bull, which are more common?</li> </ol><p>Note that Balakros minted similar coins, but with his signature club. My understanding is Mazaios&#039; coins were minted first, before Alexander the Great invaded. He then installed Balakros as satrap of Cilicia, and Balakros minted some of the same coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1331495[/ATTACH] </p><p>SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360</p><p>10.11 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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