Watch List notes:

Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Datames, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, circa 378-372 BC. Baaltars seated to right on throne, holding bunch of grapes and grain ear in left hand, with eagle-tipped sceptre cradled in right arm; B'LTRZ in Aramaic to left, thymiaterion to right, bucranium beneath throne, all within crenellated wall / Tarkumuwa seated to right, in full Persian garb, inspecting arrow held in his left hand; TRDMW in Aramaic to left, bow to right, winged solar disk in upper right field. Casabonne type 2; SNG BnF 286-8; SNG Levante 88; Traité II 610; SNG Copenhagen 295-6; SNG von Aulock 5952. 10.54g, 24mm, 11h.

Near Mint State; struck off-centre, otherwise a stellar example.

Acquired from Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH.