Extremely Rare Obverse Left
154, Lot: 84. Estimate $500. Sold for $411. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.04 g, 11h). Struck during the Satraps' Revolt, circa 369/8-361/0 BC. Baaltars seated left, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped sceptre; thymiaterion to right; all within crenellated wall / Ana, nude, facing Datames; ANA’s name to left, thymiaterion between; all within square dotted border in linear border. Moysey Issue 5, 52b-c; SNG France 300; SNG Levante -. Good VF, lightly toned, light cleaning marks on reverse. Extremely rare with obverse type left.