222, Lot: 193. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.39 g, 12h). Struck circa 370 BC. Baaltars seated right, head and torso facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter, grain ear and grape bunch; zrtl[b to left, thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / Ana, standing right, facing Datames, standing left; aNa to left, thymiaterion and wmdrt between; all within dotted square border in linear border. Casabonne type 12; Moysey issue 5; SNG France 298 var. (eagle under throne); SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5948-9; SNG Copenhagen 301-2; BMC -. Good VF, some light porosity, well struck and nicely centered.