95, Lot: 55. Estimate $300. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap. 378-372 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.08 gm). 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic left, Baaltars seated right, torso facing; holding grain ear and grape-bunch in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in right arm; dolphin downwards behind, thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic in the center, Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; all within square square border within linear border. SNG Levante 83 var. (no dolphin); SNG France 2, 291ff var. (same); SNG von Aulock 5943 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 300 var. (same); SNG von Post 440 var. (Ana inscription on reverse). VF, some roughness. Very rare issue with the dolphin.