Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 812. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Stater (10.33 gm). Struck during the Satraps' Revolt, circa 369-362 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped sceptre; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic to left, thymiaterion to right; all within crenellated wall / Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; 'TRDMW' in Aramaic to right; all within square dotted border within linear border. SNG Levante 84; SNG France 291 var. ('TRDMW' in center); SNG von Aulock 5945. Near EF, a few light cleaning scratches. ($1000)