CILICIA. Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. Stater (Silver, 21.5 mm, 10.19 g, 12 h), c. 370 BC. B'LTRZ (in Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, head and torso facing, holding an eagle-tipped sceptre in his right hand and a grain ear and a bunch of grapes in this left; in field to right, thymiaterion; around, circular crenelated wall. Rev. TRKMW (in Aramaic) On the left, Ana, nude, standing right, gesturing towards Tarkumuwa (Datames), on the right, draped from the waste and greeting Ana, standing left; between them, tall thymiaterion; all within dotted square border within linear border surmounted by three arches. Casabonne type 3. Moysey, Issue 5, 28-30. SNG Levante 84 = SNG von Aulock 5945. Nicely toned and sharp; quite rare with the Datames name close to the linear border. Remains of corrosion, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Künker FPL 179, May 2006, 45.