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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 8103781, member: 88526&quot;]#11</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409416[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(&#039;B&#039;LTRS&#039; in Aramaic)</p><p>Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding holding eagle-tipped scepter; grain ear, grape-bunch, and Aramaic R in left field</p><p><br /></p><p>MZDY ZY &#039;BRNHR&#039; W ḤLK (Mazaios who is over Eber Nahara and Cilicia)</p><p>Lion bringing down bull above a pair of crenellated walls, each with four towers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tarsos, Cilicia 361/0-334 BC</p><p>10.74g</p><p><br /></p><p>Casabonne Series 4, Group A; SNG BN 354-60 var. (control marks); SNG Levante 115</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Dara Antiquities Auction 3, lot 1044</p><p><br /></p><p>Hendin translates the Aramaic as &quot;Mazaios who is over Eber Nahara and Cilicia.&quot; The similarity of this inscription and a descriptive phrase used in the Biblical texts of Ezra and Nehemiah has led to Hendin&#039;s suggestion that the walls on this coin represent the ones encompassing Jerusalem, which less than a century before had been rebuilt by Nehemiah, as related in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Both Nehemiah and Mazaeus (Mazdai) were Persian court officials, so they used similar phraseology for administrative and geographical regions. Mazaeus was governor, or satrap, of the land of Beyond the River around 350 BCE. Governing from Tarsus, the administrative capital, Mazaeus is telling us that he is in charge of &quot;Beyond the River.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>#12</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena right decorated with olive wreath (crude style)</p><p><br /></p><p>‬ (YHD) to right of owl standing right, head facing, small lily above left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jerusalem mint?</p><p>After restoration of Jerusalem to before 333 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>0.38g; 8mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Hendin 1050; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Holyland (Shick) e-Auction 17 lot 40 with export permit, ex-Menashe Landman collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Persian rule issue[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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