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Stater
| Issuer | Tarsos |
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| Year | 420 BC - 410 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Bearded archer standing to right in Persian court dress, comprising a long robe and kandys, drawing or holding a strung bow in the left hand and grasping a spear or sceptre in the right. A palm tree occupies the right field behind the figure, serving as a symbol of the Levantine-Persian cultural context. An Aramaic legend appears before the figure in the left field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tarsos, the principal mint of Cilicia in this period, operated under the oversight of Persian-appointed satraps while simultaneously serving local dynastic and civic needs — a dual authority that makes attributing these issues to specific issuing hands genuinely difficult. The SNG Ashmolean reference places this piece within a well-documented but still contested sequence. Cilician staters of this decade frequently show die links connecting issues across what appear to be administrative transitions, suggesting continuous workshop operation regardless of who held political control.