294, Lot: 170. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.38 g, 1h). Struck circa 370 BC. Baaltars seated right, head and torso facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter, grain ear and grape-bunch; 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 8 var. (eagle below throne); cf. SNG Levante 84 var. (position of inscriptions on rev.). VF, toned, a few deposits, areas of minor porosity.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 188; purchased from K. Schild, 1943.