Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 510. Jan 2005. 

CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 
384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.40 g. Struck ca 369-360 BC. 

"BALTRZ" ( = Baaltars) in Aramaic to left, Baaltars seated 
right, torso facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre 
in right hand, grain ear and grape-bunch in left; 
thymiaterion to right; all within crenellated wall 

"TDNM" ( = Datames) in Aramaic in the center, 
Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right 
arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; all 
within pelleted square border within linear 
border. 
SNG Levante 83; SNG France 292 (same obverse die); BMC Lycaonia pg. 168, 35; SNG Cop 300; SNG von Aulock 5943.             


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