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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8352120, member: 118780"]Nice tet! I don't have any Alexanders that early, though I do agree with you that they started in Tarsos based on the Baaltars design. Here are my two that may have "influenced" Alexander, though the second one may have been issued after Alexander started issuing his own tets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482036[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap. Circa 361-334 BC. AR Stater.</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre surmounted by an eagle in right hand,</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">left arm at side; grain ear, bunch of grapes to left, monogram under throne</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">/ Lion attacking bull above double row of turreted walls.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">10.11g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Fenzl</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482037[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater.</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Balakros, satrap of Cilicia under Alexander III.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Circa 333-323 BC.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Facing bust of Athena, draped, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Baaltars seated to left, holding lotus-tipped sceptre; grain ear and grape bunch to left, B above ivy leaf to right, T below throne.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">SNG Levante Suppl. 21; SNG BnF 368; SNG von Aulock 5964.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">10.79g, 26mm, 6h.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Roma</p><p></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8352120, member: 118780"]Nice tet! I don't have any Alexanders that early, though I do agree with you that they started in Tarsos based on the Baaltars design. Here are my two that may have "influenced" Alexander, though the second one may have been issued after Alexander started issuing his own tets. [ATTACH=full]1482036[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap. Circa 361-334 BC. AR Stater.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre surmounted by an eagle in right hand, left arm at side; grain ear, bunch of grapes to left, monogram under throne / Lion attacking bull above double row of turreted walls. 10.11g SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360 Ex Fenzl[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1482037[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Balakros, satrap of Cilicia under Alexander III. Circa 333-323 BC. Facing bust of Athena, draped, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Baaltars seated to left, holding lotus-tipped sceptre; grain ear and grape bunch to left, B above ivy leaf to right, T below throne. SNG Levante Suppl. 21; SNG BnF 368; SNG von Aulock 5964. 10.79g, 26mm, 6h. Ex Roma[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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