Kilikia, Tarsos. Datames. Satrap of Kilikia & Cappadocia. 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.52g, 23mm). SNG von Aulock 5942

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Kilikia, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Kilikia & Cappadocia. 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.52g, 23mm). Struck circa 380 BC. Obv.: female head facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace with seven pendants. Rev.: Bearded head right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to right; countermark: BAL (in Aramaic) above man-headed bull standing right, head facing, within incuse square. Casabonne Series 1; SNG BN 258-65; SNG Levante 79; SNG von Aulock 5942 (with same countermark); SNG Copenhagen 280. Obverse die breaks, small area of find patina, VF.