Triton XX, Lot: 328. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.77 g, 12h). Struck circa 380 BC. Female head facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace with seven pendants / Bearded head left, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to left. Casabonne Series 1; Moysey Issue 4, dies 36/a (this coin referenced); SNG France 277; SNG Levante 80 = SNG Berry 1297 = Sunrise 50 (this coin). EF, attractive even gray toning with golden hues around the devices, a little flat on high points of obverse.
From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 69; Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 403; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 90 (26 May 2004), lot 179; Edoardo Levante Collection, 80; Burton Y. Berry Collection, 1297.