Watch List notes:

MYSIA. Astyra. Tissaphernes, circa 400-395 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 11 mm, 1.59 g, 11 h). TIΣΣ[A] Bare head of Tissaphernes to right. Rev. AΣTΥΡH Facing cult-statue of Artemis Astyra, wearing kalathos; to upper right, club. SNG Paris 124A. Winzer 6.2. An unusually sharp and attractive example. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


The head of Tissaphernes on this issue is one of the earliest portraits of a living human to appear on a coin.