Experts in Coins & Medals

CILICIA. Tarsos. Circa 440-410 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 10.90 g, 11 h). Satrap, wearing Persian costume, riding a horse prancing to right, holding the reins with his left hand and a sword, held downwards by the horse's right flank, with his right. Rev. 𐡆𐡓𐡕 = Ṭrz = (Tarsos in Aramaic) Hoplite, nude but for his Corinthian helmet, kneeling to left, holding a couchant spear with his right hand and defending himself with a round shield that covers his left knee and upper body and is decorated with an aegis . Casabonne type F10. Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5, l. SNG Levante 61. SNG Paris 230. Lightly toned and unusually nice. Reverse struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, good very fine.

MESSENIA. Asine. Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. Assarion (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.09 g, 9 h). Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right. Rev. ACINAIΩN Tyche standing to left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 774.6 (this reverse type, but for Julia Domna). NCP -. Very rare and seemingly unpublished in the standard references. Rough surfaces, otherwise, nearly fine.