Tarsos (BC 5th cent) Obol

late 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.

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City/Mint name:	Tarsos
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Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	cf. SNG Dan 68 and SNG France 207 (Tarsos)
Valuation:	Baldwin's Auc. 34 (10/2003), lot 481 (GBP 190 ($316) + comm)
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Date added:	Dec 21, 2004
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Dimitry

[Jul 12, 2010 at 04:20 AM]

This coin is probably related to #258 (Mallos hemiobol), but this dynastic symbol appears to be repeated on other coins of this mint.

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