449, Lot: 192. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 420-410 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.72 g, 3h). Horseman riding left; [control marks in fields(?)]; winged solar disk below / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; monogram to lower left; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D (unlisted variety); cf. SNG BN 213; SNG Levante –; H. A. Troxell and W. F. Spengler, “A Hoard of Early Greek Coins from Afghanistan” in
MN 15 (1969), 14; CNG 447, lot 142 (same dies). Irregular flan, struck with very worn obverse die. Good VF.