CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 10.72 g, 3h). Struck circa 380 BC. Good VF.

Triton XXVII
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 10.72 g, 3h). Struck circa 380 BC. Female head facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace with seven pendants / Bearded head right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to right; c/m: BAL (in Aramaic) above man-headed bull standing right, head facing, within incuse square. Casabonne Series 1; Moysey Issue 4, obv. die 13; SNG BN 258-65; SNG Levante 79; SNG von Aulock 5942 (with same countermark); SNG Copenhagen 280 (same obv. die). Deeply toned, struck with worn dies over an Athena / Apollo stater of Pamphylian Side (Atlan 119 [O100/A111]). Good VF.

From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 683.


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