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Home > Kilikia > Tarsos Last comments - Tarsos 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.1 comments07/12/10 at 04:20Dimitry: This coin is probably related to #258 (Mallos hemiobol), but this dynastic symbol appears to be repe... 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.1 comments12/08/04 at 07:05Dimitry: Although CNG identified this coin ca 4th cent. BC "unknown city/satrap," based on the simi... 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.1 comments12/08/04 at 06:51Dimitry: Although CNG identified this coin ca 4th cent. BC and as "unknown city/satrap," based on t... 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.1 comments12/08/04 at 06:26Dimitry: Although placed at 390 BC by NAC (probably based on Mildenberg's article), the style and iconography... 4 coins on 1 page(s)