★ An attractive stater of Datames with Ares (?) on the reverse ★

CILICIA. Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.44 g, 7 h). Diademed female head facing slightly to left, wearing pendant earrings and necklace. Rev. 𐡕𐡓𐡊𐡌𐡅 ('trkmw' in Aramaic) Bearded head of Ares (?) to right, wearing crested Attic helmet. SNG Copenhagen 278-9. SNG Levante 79. SNG Paris 258-270. Beautifully toned. Struck slightly off center and with some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.