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Stater
| Issuer | Tarsos |
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| Year | 455 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 10.62 g |
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| Obverse description | City walls of Tarsos depicted in elevation, showing three crenellated turrets each surmounted by three merlons, rendered in a schematic architectural style characteristic of early Cilician coinage. The fortification walls are shown in profile, conveying the civic and defensive identity of the issuing city. The field is plain, with no inscription or legend. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull advancing to right in dynamic posture, with head lowered and forelegs bent, rendered in bold relief within a recessed incuse square. A key symbol appears to the lower right of the bull, serving as a mintmark or civic emblem. The incuse square border is clearly defined, consistent with the hammered technique standard to Archaic and early Classical Cilician silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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