Watch List notes:

Greek Coins
Cilicia, Tarsus. Datames, 378-372. Stater circa 378-362 BC, AR 10.72 g.

Description

bltrz in Aramaic characters Baaltars seated r., holding eagle-tipped sceptre, bunch of grapes and ear of grain; in r. field, thymiaterion. All within crenellated wall. Rev. trdmw in Aramaic characters God Ana, with raised r. hand, facing Datames, naked to waist; between them, thymiaterion. All within square dotted border.

References
Moysey ANSMN 31, 1986 Serie 5.2, 18a (this coin cited)
SNG France 291
SNG Levante 83
SNG von Aulock 5944

Condition
Wonderful old cabinet tone and extremely fine

Provenance
Münzen und Medaillen sale 7, 1948, 492
Münzen und Medaillen-Leu sale 3-4 December 1965, Niggeler collection, 445
Münzen und Medaillen sale 66, 1984, 276
Hess-Divo sale 327, 2014, 61
From the Rossbach collection