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Lot 447

Starting price: 250 CHF
Price realized: 800 CHF
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CILICIA. Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. Stater (Silver, 20.5 mm, 10.47 g, 5 h). Satrap, wearing Persian costume, riding a horse prancing to right, holding the reins with his left hand and a sword, held downwards by the horse's right flank, with his right. Rev. TRW (= Tarsus in Aramaic) Hoplite, nude but for his Corinthian helmet, kneeling to left, holding couchant spear with his right hand and defending himself with a round shield, held with his left, that is decorated with an aegis and covers his left knee and upper body. Casabonne type F10. SNG BN 226. SNG Levante 61. Lightly toned, and with an interesting depiction of a hoplite in combat. Test cut on the reverse edge, otherwise, good very fine.
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