88, Lot: 63. Estimate $200. Sold for $226. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.89 gm). Struck 378-372 BC. 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic left, Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear and grape-bunch in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in right arm; thymiaterion to right; dolphin downward behind throne; all within crenellated wall / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic, Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; all within square dotted border within linear border. SNG Levante -; SNG France -; BMC Lycaonia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Toned VF, minor roughness on reverse. Apparently unpublished with the dolphin.
Ex Lakeview Collection.