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Stater
| Issuer | Tarsos |
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| Year | 440 BC - 420 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | A male deity, identified as Melkart or a related heroic figure, is depicted riding a hippocamp (sea-horse) to the right, his body shown in a dynamic three-quarter pose with outstretched arms grasping the creature's neck and mane. The rider's musculature is rendered in an archaic yet vigorous style characteristic of Cilician coinage of the fifth century BC. Stylized waves rendered as sinuous horizontal lines occupy the lower field, evoking the sea beneath the hippocamp. The flan is broad and irregular, as is typical of early hammered issues from Tarsos. |
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| Reverse script | Aramaic |
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| Mintage | ND (440 BC - 420 BC) |
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