Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Tarsos. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.32 g, 7 h), c. 380-379. Head of Arethusa facing, turned slightly to left, her hair in an ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and a necklace of pendants; to left, swimming upwards, dolphin. Rev. [FRNBZW], in Aramaic, here off the flan Bearded male head to left (Ares?), wearing crested helmet with a raised cheek piece (adorned with a griffin's head to left) and a tendril on the bowl; around the neck, slight drapery. Casabonne series 3. Moysey Issue 3, 4a = McClean 5917 (same dies) SNG Levante 70 = SNG von Aulock 5917. Rare and of very fine style. Toned. Traces of corrosion on the reverse along the edge from 3' to 8', otherwise, extremely fine.


The obverse of this coin is clearly and directly derived from that of Kimon's Syracusan tetradrachm, as Tudeer 81.