Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 832. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.88 g, 1h). Satrap on horseback riding left; behind, eagle perched left on branch; monogram below / Archer in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow; monogram behind. SNG France 213 var. (symbols); SNG Levante -. VF, dark find patina, some roughness. Extremely rare early stater.

It is possible that the horseman is actually one of the late kings (Syennesis III?) of Cilicia.