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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 6291115, member: 26430&quot;]A lot of hard posts to follow. At some point I was thinking I&#039;d start a thread on this topic, but for now I&#039;ll tease the full post. I&#039;m choosing the Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater struck under Mazaios, the reason being that its design was so inspirational for future coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>MJ Price and others have said that when Alexander III captured Tarsos ca. 334/3, he was so impressed by the depiction of Baal on the staters that he kept the mint workers on and employed them to produce his iconic Tetradrachm, the reverse inspired by Baaltarz.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is also a classical masterpiece -- an updated &quot;modern&quot; depiction of the ancient classic scene, first depicted (numismatically speaking) on the Lydian coinage of Kroisos and his less-famous predecessors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to refrain (for now) from including all the examples I can think of among Greek &amp; Roman coins that paid homage to the original design or to its successors, but no doubt you willing recognize others in your own collection and even in modern coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249365[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Tarsos, Cilicia AR Stater</b> (10.66g, 22.5mm, 1h). <i>temp.</i> Mazaios (Satrap of Cilicia), BC 361 – 334.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: BLTRZ (Baaltars) in Aramaic to right. Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; TR (in Aramaic) to lower left, M (in Aramaic) below throne.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: MZDI. Lion attacking bull left; monogram below.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SNG Levante 106; Casabonne Series 2, Group C. Cf. BMC 53; Babelon 695.</p><p><b>Pedigree</b>: Ex-CNG eAuction 455, Lot 168 (30 October 2019); Ex-J.B. Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Galleries, Autumn 2004; Ex-Heritage Auction 269, Lot 11134 (27 July, 2002), from the Dr. Joseph M. Seventko Collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249366[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kings of Macedon, Alexander III &quot;The Great&quot; (336 - 323 BC) AR Tetradrachm</b> (17.06g, 26mm). Amphipolis mint, <i>temp.</i> Kassander (as regent BC 317 - 305), struck BC 316 – 311 (dating per Troxell; BC 320 - 317 in Price MJ Price, as listed by Kirk Davis).</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Head of Herakles wearing lionskin headdress. (Herakles with features of Alexander?)</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Zeus seated holding eagle and sceptre, dolphin in l. field. Price Monogram 1238 below throne (Π &amp; Ο).</p><p><b>References</b>: Price 133; Troxell, Studies, Issue L7; Mueller 542; <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133</a></p><p><b>Pedigree</b>: Ex-Kirk Davis VCoins (15 February 2014) Order #45-2491; Ex-Gorny &amp; Mosch (10 October 2006) Auction 152, Lot 1318.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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