Stater of Datames, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia from Tarsus Yale University Art Gallery

384–362 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 9.65 g, 12:00, 21.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.7241
Geography: Made in Tarsus, Cilicia
Culture: Greek
Period: 4th century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear and grape-bunch in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in right arm; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic to left, thymiaterion to right; all within crenellated wall.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Ana, nude, and Datames standing facing each other, both have their right arms raised; thymiaterion and 'TRDMW' (Datames) in Aramaic between them; all within square dotted border within linear border.

Provenance

Edward T. Newell, to 1941; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 1945; Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, staters

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