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1/3 Stater
| Issuer | Tarsos |
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| Year | 440 BC - 420 BC |
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| Weight | 3.42 g |
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| Obverse description | Armored warrior figure striding to the right in the field, wearing a crested helmet and cuirass with a short military cloak (chlamys) billowing behind. The figure holds a spear in the raised right hand and a bow in the extended left hand, rendered in a vigorous, archaizing style characteristic of Cilician coinage of the fifth century BC. To the left of the warrior stands a symbol consisting of a circle surmounting a cross-like element, interpreted as a variant of the ankh or a local cultic emblem. The composition fills the flan with bold, deeply cut relief typical of the Tarsian hammered tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square of irregular form containing a deeply recessed field with a winged creature — identified as a lion-griffin or eagle attacking a prey animal — rendered in a dynamic, compact composition. The scene is enclosed within a beaded border framing a square incuse punch, a hallmark of early Cilician silver coinage. Subsidiary linear and wavy border elements surround the inner beaded square. The Aramaic inscription appears in the field. The overall execution reflects the transitional hammered technique of the Achaemenid-period Tarsian mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐡕𐡓𐡆 |
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