Two Exceptional Tarkumuwa Staters

Triton XVIII, Lot: 71. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7000. 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, 10.52 g, 9h). Struck circa 375 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear and grape bunch in extended right hand, cradling eagle-tipped scepter in left arm; B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to left, thymiaterion in background; all within crenellated wall / Satrap seated right, wearing Persian dress, testing arrow held in both hands; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to left, winged solar disk with volutes to upper right, bow to lower right. Casabonne Series 2; Moysey Issue 6, dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG France –; SNG Levante 86; Sunrise 52 (this coin). Superb EF, toned, usual minor die wear on obverse.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Frank Sternberg, 10 November 1997.