318, Lot: 260. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. 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, 9.97 g, 12h). Struck during the Satraps' Revolt, circa 369/8-361/0 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding thymiaterion, grain ear, grape bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; all within crenellated wall / Ana, nude, facing Datames; thymiaterion between; all within square dotted border in linear border. Casabonne Type 3; Moysey issue 5; SNG France 298 var. (eagle below throne); SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock 5948-9; SNG Copenhagen 301-2; BMC –. VF, smoothing/cleaning scratches in fields, obverse die rust, edge irregularity.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.