Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater

ca 410 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.60g, 1h). Horseman riding left; to upper right, eagle(?) flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow, in linear square within incuse square. Near VF, toned, some porosity. An apparently unpublished early issue. Krizan Coll.

This early stater from Tarsos combines elements of Casabonneâ€™s type D2 (obverse with horse in walking stance) and G1 (reverse with archer and city ethnic). Chronologically, these two periods are successive, which makes such a seeming â€œhybridâ€ reasonably possible.

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Filename:	93000470.jpg
City/Mint name:	Tarsos
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Cf. Casabonne type D2/G1 (for obv./rev. type); SNG France â€“; SNG Levante â€“; SNG von Aulock â€“; cf. TraitÃ© II 521/509 (for obv./rev. type)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 93 (5/2013), lot 470 ($2,000 + comm)
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Date added:	Jul 12, 2013
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