Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 455-400 BC. The walls of Tarsos, with three turrets visible, each turret surmounted by three merlons / Forepart of bull to right; all within incuse square. Savoca 30, 163 (same dies?); cf. Roma XVI, 326 (key symbol on rev.); BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Traité -; Casabonne -; MIMAA -; CNG 109, 190 corr. (Asia Minor, uncertain mint). 10.81g, 22mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. An extremely rare variant of an already extremely rare (and until recently unpublished) type, without the Tarsiote 'key' symbol on the reverse.
From a private German collection.