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Electronic Auction 346  11 March 2015
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Lot 183

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.34 g, 10h). Horseman riding left; to upper right, eagle(?) flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; TRZ (in Aramaic) to right; in linear square within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D2/G1 (for obv./rev. type); SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; cf. Traité II 521/509 (for obv./rev. type); Triton XVIII, lot 692 (same dies); CNG 93, lot 470 = Vecchi 8, lot 124 (same dies). VF, toned, compact flan, some roughness, test cut on obverse. Very rare.

This early stater from Tarsos combines elements of Casabonne's type D2 (obverse with horse in walking stance) and G1 (reverse with archer and city ethnic). Chronologically, these two periods are successive, linked by this extremely rare hybrid.
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