A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

B.C. 336-280. 61
These splendid coins, with tlie radiate head" of Helios,
began to be issued at Rhodes probably immediately after
the memorable siege of the city by Demetrius Poliorcetes,
B.C. 304. The head may be a copy of that of the famous
Colossus.
34. Tarsus. M. Ohv. BAAL TARS, in the Aramaic character.
Zeus of Tarsus, on throne ; he holds sceptre. Rev. Lion ; above
which, the name of the Satrap Mazaeus, in the Aramaic character.
Wt. 264 grs.
Struck soon after the expedition of Alexander by
Mazaeus, Satrap of Cicilia. The coins of Tarsus which
precede the arrival of Alexander are of the Persic standard.
This is Attic, and those which immediately follow bear
the Seleucid anchor. It has been conjectured that the
reverse type of many of Alexander's Cilician coins is
imitated from the statue of Zeus Tersios, represented on
the coins of Tarsus.
35. Sidon. M. Ohv. ny (Abdastart). The King, in quadriga, driven
by charioteer, and followed by attendant carrying sceptre and flask.
Rev. Galley, at sea; above. III. Wt. 395 grs.
This octadrachm was probably struck in the third year
of the reign of Strato II., of Sidon, B.C. 346-332. The
king in the chariot is probably Artaxerxes Ochus. (See
Babelon, Perses AcMmenides, p. 232.)
36. Tyre. 2R. Obv. Melkarth, riding on sea-horse. Rev. Owl, and
svmbols of royalty. In field, 1 1 and V, initial letter of Tyre. Wt.
132-4 grs. [PI. 20, 46.]
Azemilkos, king of Tyre, was not dethroned by Alexander
after the siege in 332. The coinage was, however,
assimilated to the Attic weight. This coin is of year 2
of the Seleucid era = B.C. 311.