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Urcaquary

Cilicia, Tarsus (400-350 BC) AR Obol Coin. Vaaltars / Forepart of Wolf. Scarce!

Condition: About XF!
Denomination: AR Obol
Mint Year: 400-350 BC
Mint Place: Tarsus (Cilicia)
Reference: SNG CH 223-226.
Diameter: 12mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 0.74gm

Obverse: Baaltars seated left, holding corn ear with bunch of grapes and scepter. All within double-border of pellets.

Reverse: Forepart of wolf right within square border of pellets.

Baaltars (combination of "Baal" and "Tarsus") (Aramaic: בעלתרז) was a deity of the Persian Empire, the Baal or Zeus of the city of Tarsus. His depiction appears on coins of the Persian kings or satraps of Cilicia at Tarsus before Alexander the Great in the 5th and 4th century BCE, such as Datames, Pharnabazes or Mazaios, or also on coins of the early Seleucids. The equivalent of Baaltars for the Greeks was Zeus.

Cilicia was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, with its capitol at Tarsus. It was conquered sometime in the 540's by Cyrus the Great. Cilicia was a vassal, and although it had a vassal king it had to pay a tribute of 360 horses and 500 talents of silver, according to Herodotus. The fertile Çukurova (Cilician) plains were the most important part of the satrapy.

There were several sanctuaries that remained more or less independent from Persian rule. Some of these included Castabala, Mazaca, and Mallus.

The last vassal king of Cilicia became involved in the civil war between Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger. Having sided with Cyrus the Younger, who was defeated, the king was dethroned and Cilicia became an ordinary satrapy.

The second to last satrap (governor) of Cilicia was the Babylonian Mazaeus. Shortly aftwards, his successor was expelled by Alexander the Great.

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2014-05-05
 
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