Stater - Pharnabazus Tarsus

Features

Issuer	Satrapy of Cilicia (Achaemenid Satrapies)
Satrap	Pharnabazus II (413 BC - 374 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	378 BC - 362 BC
Value	Silver Stater (2)
Currency	Drachm (550-330 BCE)
Composition	Srebro
Weight	10.68 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 361454
References	SNG France# 238 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , SNG Levante# 64 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Switzerland I (2 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 5915 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Traité II# 1374 Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Bendenoun# 32 Michel-Max Bendenoun (ed.); 2009. Coins of the Ancient World : History's Priceless Treasures: A Portrait of the JDL Collection. Tradart, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Obverse

(en) Athena seated left, holding spear and resting left arm on shield; behind, trunk of olive-tree with two branches.

Reverse

(en) Aphrodite, wearing long chiton and peplos around her legs, kneeling left on a double ground line, playing at knucklebones with right hand; in right field, anemone with stalk.

Script: grecki

Lettering: TEPΣIKON

Mint

Tarsus, Cilicia Pedias, modern-day Tarsus, Turkey

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(en)

Baumann 4

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (378 BC - 362 BC)						$ 170	$ 930	$ 7500

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SNG France 238; Traité II, 2, 1375.

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 74 Lot 293	18 Nov 2013	UNC	USD 75 998.62 (CHF 60 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, 44, München, April 3, 1989, lot 441 = Bendenoun 32
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 158 Lot 145	5 Nov 2025	XF	USD 12 666.44 (CHF 10 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NFA-Sotheby's 26 October 1993, 63 and Sternberg 27, 1994, 182
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 416 Lot 1273	29 Oct 2024	XF	USD 3251.37 (EUR 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 190 Lot 327	11 Oct 2010	VF	USD 4180.33 (EUR 3600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus Nachf. 349, Frankfurt am Main 1996, No. 130
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 133 Lot 136	21 Nov 2022	XF	USD 7599.86 (CHF 6000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Birler & Waddel 2, 1980, 190 and Busso Peus 403, 2011, 133
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Hess Divo Auction 310 Lot 128	22 Oct 2008	XF	USD 30 399.45 (CHF 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Hess Divo
	CNG Triton V Lot 1471	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Italo Vecchi Auction I (1-2 February 1996), lot 350; from Eduardo Levante Collection = SNG Levante 64
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 128 Lot 377	7 May 2023	VF	USD 2322.41 (EUR 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Münzzentrum Rheinland Auction 174 Lot 160	2 Sep 2015	VF	Unsold
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 413 (2014), lot 125
© Münzzentrum Rheinland
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232303 Lot 63075	12 Jan 2023	VF (NGC Choice VF)	USD 270.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions