98, Lot: 48. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 378-372 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.23 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; eagle standing right below throne, thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / 'ANA' in Aramaic left, '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 inscription for Ana, no eagle); SNG France 298; SNG Copenhagen 299 var. (no inscription for Ana); SNG von Aulock 5950. Good VF from the standpoint of wear, but surfaces a bit rough and porous.