Triton XVIII, Lot: 65. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Pharnabazos. Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.74 g, 2h). Struck circa 380-379 BC. Baaltars seated left, his torso facing, holding lotus-tipped scepter in extended right hand, left hand holding chlamys at his waist; B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to right / Bearded head left, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck; PRNBZW (in Aramaic) to left. Casabonne Series 4; Moysey Issue 2, dies 33/a (this coin referenced); SNG France –; SNG Levante –; Sunrise –. EF, minor light scratch in field on reverse. Very rare variety without legend behind crest, one of only four examples known to Moysey and the only one on CoinArchives.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 598; Spink 25 (24 November 1982), lot 119; J. Schulman 248 (19 November 1968), lot 182; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 228 (January 1963), no. 14.