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21 February 2021
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  650 CHF
Lot 349

CILICIA. Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. Stater (Silver, 21.5 mm, 10.19 g, 12 h), c. 370 BC. B'LTRZ (in Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, head and torso facing, holding an eagle-tipped sceptre in his right hand and a grain ear and a bunch of grapes in this left; in field to right, thymiaterion; around, circular crenelated wall. Rev. TRKMW (in Aramaic) On the left, Ana, nude, standing right, gesturing towards Tarkumuwa (Datames), on the right, draped from the waste and greeting Ana, standing left; between them, tall thymiaterion; all within dotted square border within linear border surmounted by three arches. Casabonne type 3. Moysey, Issue 5, 28-30. SNG Levante 84 = SNG von Aulock 5945. Nicely toned and sharp; quite rare with the Datames name close to the linear border. Remains of corrosion, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Künker FPL 179, May 2006, 45.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 17:54:30 CET Current Date & Time: 23 Apr 2024, 09:25:52 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:650 CHF by DC2228 (3 bids)
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