Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 890. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.79 g, 12h). Struck circa 370 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; all within crenelated wall / Ana, standing right, facing Datames, standing left; thymiaterion between; all within square dotted border in linear border. Casabonne series 3; Moysey issue 5; SNG France 298 var. (eagle below throne); SNG von Aulock 5948. EF, slight die wear.