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Stater - Pharnabazos Tarsos
| Issuer | Cilicia, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 380 BC - 373 BC |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐤐𐤓𐤍𐤁𐤆𐤅 |
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| Mint | Tarsos |
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Pharnabazos governed as satrap under Persian authority but struck coinage at Tarsos with a degree of autonomy that blurred the line between provincial and royal issue. His tenure in Cilicia was partly defined by a major military campaign: he and the Athenian general Iphikrates led a Persian force against Egypt around 374 BC, a costly failure that ended Pharnabazos's active command in the region. These staters were almost certainly struck to fund that expedition — mercenary pay in the Achaemenid west ran on silver coinage, and Tarsos was ideally positioned as a mint for mobilizing forces moving south toward Egypt.