Cilicia. Tarsos circa 410-385 BC.
Stater AR

21 mm, 10,56 g

Satrap, wearing Persian costume, riding a horse prancing to right, holding the reins with his left hand and a sword, held downwards by the horse's right flank, with his right. Rev. TRW (= Tarsus in Aramaic) Hoplite, nude but for his Corinthian helmet, kneeling to left, holding couchant spear with his right hand and defending himself with a round shield, held with his left, that is decorated with an aegis and covers his left knee and upper body.

fine

Casabonne type F10; SNG Levante 61; SNG Paris 226.