Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 319. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Obol (0.75 gm). Struck 378-372 BC. Female bust right, wearing loop earring and necklace / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic right, bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right, wearing crested Athenian helmet. SNG Levante 81; SNG France 278; BMC Lycaonia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Lightly toned EF. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.

(For a discussion of the career of Datames, see lot 318 above.)