CNG 91, Lot: 341. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.33 g, 12h). Struck circa 370 BC. Baaltars seated right, head and torso facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter, grain ear and grape-bunch; below seat, eagle(?) standing right; thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / Ana, standing right, facing Datames, standing left; thymiaterion between; all within dotted square border in linear border. Casabonne series 3; Moysey issue 5; SNG France 298; SNG Levante –. Good VF, lightly toned, some die rust, as usual.