Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Datames, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, circa 384-361 BC. Baaltars seated to right on throne, head facing, holding bunch of grapes and grain ear in left hand, with eagle-tipped sceptre cradled in right arm; 'b'ltrs' in Aramaic to left, star and thymiaterion to right, all within crenellated wall / Ana, nude, facing Datames, both with right arms raised; thymiaterion and 'trkmw' in Aramaic between, all within square dotted border within linear border. Moysey issue 5, 39; SNG von Aulock 5946; SNG Levante 83 var. (no star); SNG BnF 291 var. (same). 10.04g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare issue featuring star but without 'ANA' inscription behind leg; only one other example on CoinArchives, this the first to come to auction in fifteen years.
From a private UK collection.