Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 835. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.43 g, 12h). Struck during the Satraps' Revolt, circa 369/8-361/0 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped sceptre; thymiaterion to right, mouse below throne; all within crenellated wall / Ana, nude, facing Datames; thymiaterion between; all within square dotted border in linear border. Moysey Issue 5, 42; SNG France 291 var. (no mouse); SNG Levante 83 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 5943 var. (same); Jameson 1615 var. (inscription for Ana). Good VF, lightly toned, light die rust. Very rare issue with mouse.