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Stater of Tarsos with female head, struck under Pharnabazos
Greek
Classical Period
379–374 B.C.
Mint: Cilicia (Satrapy), Tarsos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 10.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1149
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2130.
DescriptionObverse: Female head facing three-quarters to left, in ampyx; hair is crisp, curly locks flying upwards and falling downwards to left and tight of face; acorn-shaped earring; necklace with pendants.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of Ares to right, bearded, in crested Athenian helmet, with raised cheekpiece ornamented with head of griffin to right; on bowl, scroll pattern; on neckpiece, palmette; around neck, chlamys with button.
At right, an Egyptian ankh.
Inscription in Aramaic.
Border of dots.
Persian satrap Pharnabazos
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of Ares to right, bearded, in crested Athenian helmet, with raised cheekpiece ornamented with head of griffin to right; on bowl, scroll pattern; on neckpiece, palmette; around neck, chlamys with button.
At right, an Egyptian ankh.
Inscription in Aramaic.
Border of dots.
Persian satrap Pharnabazos
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1267); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren