311, Lot: 815. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.98 g, 6h). 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, “Datames” in Aramaic to right; all within dotted square border in linear border. Casabonne Type 3; Moysey issue 5; SNG France 291-7 var. (rev. legend between thymiaterion and Datames); SNG Levante 84. Good VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks.

From the Robert M. Harlick Collection.