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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Drachm. Circa 164-27 BC. Turreted head of Tyche to right / TAPΣEΩ[N], Sandan standing to right on mythical animal; AP monogram above ΔI left. SNG BnF 1295; SNG Levante 925 var. (upper monogram). 3.82g, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Sandan was a Hittite-Babylonian sun, storm, or warrior god, also perhaps associated with agriculture. The Greeks equated Sandan with Herakles (Hercules). At Tarsos an annual festival honoured Sandan-Heracles, which climaxed when an image of the god was burned on a funeral pyre. The Lydians believed their royal house descended from Sandan and Sardis the capital of Lydia, may have been named after Sandan. The pyre of Sandan is featured on coins of Tarsos.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Sandan was a Hittite-Babylonian sun, storm, or warrior god, also perhaps associated with agriculture. The Greeks equated Sandan with Herakles (Hercules). At Tarsos an annual festival honoured Sandan-Heracles, which climaxed when an image of the god was burned on a funeral pyre. The Lydians believed their royal house descended from Sandan and Sardis the capital of Lydia, may have been named after Sandan. The pyre of Sandan is featured on coins of Tarsos.