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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21797 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.63g). Turreted, veiled head of Tyche right / ΤΑΡΣΕΩÎ, Sandan standing on top of mythical creature right, within pyramidal monument decorated with garlands and surmounted by eagle; ΚΑ and ΗΡ monograms to left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg, Zurich, Auc. VIII (1978), lot 171.  
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) Didrachm - Caracalla 899 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AR Didrachm (7.03g), struck 215 AD. AV K M AVP CE-OVHP ANTΩNINOC CE, head laureate right / TVXH TAPCOV MHT, city goddess, veiled and wearing crown of towers,seated left on rocks, leaning back on left hand and holding flower (?) downwards in right hand; at her feet, river god Kydnos swimming left, AM-K in field. Rare.
Late in Caracalla's reign, probably on the occasion of the emperor's actual visit to the city in 215 AD, Tarsus exceptionally produced a small issue of silver coins like this one, and also assumed the titles "First, largest, most beautiful", indicated by the letters AMK on the reverse of our didrachm.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 379-374) Stater - Pharnabazos874 viewsPharnabazos, Satrap, 379-374 BC. AR Stater (10.63g). Three-quarter facing female head, head turned slightly left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / 'FRNBZW' in Aramaic left, bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right; monogram before. Nice EF, lightly toned with golden iridescence around the devices.
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 378-372) Stater - Datames640 viewsDatames, Satrap, 378-372 BC. AR Stater (10.51g, 23mm, 10h). Baalters enthroned right, holding grape cluster and ear of wheat in left hand and eagle-tipped scepter in right, Aramaic writing ('Baaltars') behind, lion under throne; all within a crenellated border / Satrap enthroned right, examining arrow, quiver in lap, bow at feet, Ahura Mazda in field to right, Aramaic legend to left (Datames).
(12 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 30 - Trebonianus Gallus425 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE30 (15.30g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding spear, presenting city-goddess with Ciliarch crown decorated with five heads and two Nikai. Near VF, brown surfaces, a touch porous.
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 5th cent) Obol1721 viewslate 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.87g). Bearded head of Satrap or Dynast right, wearing Persian headdress / Dynastic symbol (?) placed diagonally in dotted square, within shallow incuse square Very fine, very rare.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus528 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE32 (18.32g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. VF, mostly brown patina with some spots of green, light adjustment marks.
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I420 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (12.08g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three price-crowns on table. Attractive patina, good very fine.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater621 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Forepart of horned and winged lion left / Two Persian satraps standing facing each other, each holding spear, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Auc. 54 (4/1992), lot 161.
(7 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III510 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (18.82g). Radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield / TAP-COV M-H-TP-O-P-O, A/M/K/G-B, Gordian on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear at lion below. Very fine.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 241-244) AE 28 - Tranquillina524 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE28 (10.05g). Diademed and draped bust right / Altar of Sandan on raised platform, figure standing at either side. VF, green patina.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater - Syennesis III889 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.46g). Satrap on horseback galloping right / Naked hoplite kneeling left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand, large round shield decorated with gorgoneion in left, 'TRZ' in Aramaic to right. Toned VF, light porosity.
The hereditary kings of Cilicia were invested with the name Syennesis, a royal title more than an actual name. Syennesis III was probably the grandson of Syennesis II, one of the commanders in the fleet of Xerxes, and married a woman named Epyaxa. In 401 BC, the couple supported the revolt of Cyrus II against his brother Artaxerxes II. In return for the assistance, including a body of troops commanded by his son which he offered to Cyrus, Syennesis was himself richly rewarded with gifts and honors. At the same time, though, he sent his other son to Artaxerxes, so that whatever the outcome he might be with the winning side. Syennesis' actions, however, did little to save Cilicia's independence; after 400 BC, it became a satrapy of the Persian Empire.
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) Drachm634 views164-27 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g, 11h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing right on mythical animal; monograms behind. VF, toned, small delamination on obverse. Very rare.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla882 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.29g). AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC [ANTWN,EINOC] CEB PP, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTWNIANH, CEOVHP [ADR, MHT] TAPCOV MKA GB, Triptolemus in biga drawn by winged serpents, sowing grain. Good VF, dark green patina. All the cited comparanda are from different dies, and of much coarser workmanship that the present piece.
(8 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20657 viewsca 164-30 BC, under Roman rule. AE20 (4.99g, 12h). Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΑΣΚ - ΓΛΥ, Sandan stading right on a horned goat-like animal walking right, within dotted circle. Superb turquoise patina; rare.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III506 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (26.98g) TAPCOV MHTPOΠΟΛΕΩC A/M/K-Γ/Β
(7 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Herennia Etruscilla509 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE32 (16.68g). Bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right / Dionysos stands left with panther at feet.
(11 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III1996 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (21.11g). AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC CEB PP, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding shield decorated with gorgoneion and spear / TAPCOV MHTROPOLE AMK BG, lion attacking bull. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Sternberg XI (qq/1981), lot 370.
(25 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan786 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73g). Dated Cos. V (103-111 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; river-god swimmin; below, monogram before. Toned VF, obverse scratch.
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 174-164) AE 19 - as Antiocheia ad Kydnum554 viewsTarsos, as Antiocheia ad Kydnum. Time of Antiochos IV, Epiphanes, 174-164 BC. AE19 (5.12g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing left on horned and winged animal standing left, holding ear of grain and bipennis. VF, dark green-black patina.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus374 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-254 AD. AE32 (16.56g, 1h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Perseus standing facing, head left, holding cultus statue of Apollo Lykeios standing on omphalos, holding wolves, and harpa and Gorgonion. VF, areas of soft strike.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 103-111) Tetradrachm - Trajan3137 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.35g). Dated COS 5 (103-111 AD). AUTOKR KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEBA GERM DAKIK, laureate head right / DHMARC EX UPAT E PP MHTROPOLEWS, Tyche seated right on rock, holding palm, river god Cydnus below; Tarsus monogram in field. Toned, good VF. Magnificent portrait of Trajan.
(22 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater1207 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.35g). Bellerophon riding Pegasos left, spearing Chimera below / The God Nergal, standing left and holding axe, ear of corn to left, small tree to right, 'NRGL-TRZ' = Nergal? Tarsos in Aramaic characters above. Extremely rare and interesting. Attractive dark tone, EF. Ex NAC Sale 10 (1997), lot 253.
Nergal was a fearsome Mesopotamian god associated with death; he reigned in the underworld and was the protector of men against pestilence and war. His name survives not only on coinage, but on Akkadian and Elamite inscriptions, and seemingly also in the names of high-ranking Assyrian officials and a Babylonian king of the early 7th cent. BC, Nergal-ushezib. The small tree may be the "sacred tree" that is often the focal point of ceremonies depicted on Neo-Assyrian reliefs and seals.
(25 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius314 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (5.97g). AY KE Γ MЄC KY ΔЄKI TPAIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TAPΣOY MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ A MK / Γ/ B; Zeus seated left hoding phiale in right hand; in left scepter; to left below, eagle. Rare. Very fine.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol778 views425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g). Protome of double lions, back to back, thunderbolt? between / Bearded head of Baal (?) left, 'BL' in Aramaic to right. VF.
(17 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios777 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 1h). Baaltars seated left, holding grapes, grain ear, eagle, and scepter; Aramaic 'D' to left, 'M' below throne / Lion attacking bull left; Aramaic 'L' below. EF, lightly toned.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 333-323) Obol - Alexander III1697 viewsPeriod of Alexander III, 333-323 BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Boeotian shield embossed with thunderbolt. Toned, good VF. Rare.
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol840 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Protome of bridled horse left / Fantastic creature walking left (a winged horned lion), 'BL' in Aramaic to left, within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, some encrustation.
(14 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III437 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (18.31g, 7h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Male wearing long robe, standing left, holding phiale and sceptre. Fine, green-brown patina.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 244-249) AE 31 - Otacilia Severa515 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE31 (18.87g). ΩTAKIΛ CЄVHPAN ЄVT ЄVC CЄ, draped bust right / TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC AMK ΓB, Nike with wreath and palm branch. Brown patina, VF.
(13 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla661 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 (22.48g). AVT KAI M AVP CЄVHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC / Π- Π, laureate, cuirassed and draped right / ANTΩNIANHC CЄVH AΔP MHTP / TAPCOV, above ΔЄK, wolf and twins. Dark green patina, gVF.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 217-218) Drachm – Diadumenian585 viewsDiadumenian, 317-318 AD. Billon Drachm (5.18g). MO ΠANTΩNINOC KAICAP, draped bust, bare head right / TAPC-EΩNMHTPOΠO, athlete standing to right, holding palm-branch in his left hand. Typical rough surface, very fine.
(5 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 217-218) BI 24 - Macrinus522 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. BI (24mm, 6.48g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena seated left, her left elbow on shield set on ground, dropping pebble into vase. Fair, rough, flan cracks.
(5 votes)
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