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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Persian Empire| > GS84512
Persian Empire, Uncertain Satrap (Mazaios in Cilicia?), Mid 4th Century B.C.
|Persian| |Empire|, |Persian| |Empire,| |Uncertain| |Satrap| |(Mazaios| |in| |Cilicia?),| |Mid| |4th| |Century| |B.C.|, Both the satrap and the satrapy for this type are uncertain. Traditionally it has been attributed to Evagoras II who, after he was deposed as the king of Salamis, Cyprus, became the Persia satrap at Sidon, Phoenicia, c. 351 - 346 B.C. Axel Winzer attributes it to Mazaios, the Persian satrap in Cilicia, c. 361 - 334 B.C.
GS84512. Silver obol, Winzer 18.3 (Mazaios); Göktürk 52; SNGvA 8657; Traité II 1182 (Evagoras II); BMC Cyprus p. cx, 15 (Evagoras II); SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -, aVF, nice style, rough, tight flan, reverse off center, uncertain (Tarsos?) mint, weight 0.545g, maximum diameter 11.7mm, die axis 315o, mid 4th century B.C.; obverse head of satrap left, wearing kyrbasia, star before, linear border; reverse turreted and draped bust of Tyche (or Tyche-Aphrodite) left, linear border; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection; SOLD











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