Watch List notes:

MYSIA. Astyra. Tissaphernes, circa 400-395 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.56 g, 12 h). TIΣΣA Bare head of Tissaphernes to right. Rev. AΣTΥΡH Facing cult-statue of Artemis Astyra, wearing kalathos; to upper right, club. Klein 253. SNG Paris 124A. Winzer 6.2. Some pitting and with small spots of corrosion, otherwise, very fine.


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