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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1895786, member: 56859&quot;]I don&#039;t know much (okay, <i>anything</i>) about them, but it appears to be a silver stater of Tarsos, Cilicia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll look for matching examples.&nbsp; Not sure if the writing is a date or name of the satrap.&nbsp; The facing portrait may be Arethusa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:&nbsp; Something like these coins</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=600348" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=600348" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=600348</a></p><p><img src="http://www.acsearch.info/images/61/600348.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/tarsos/SNGLev_070.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/tarsos/SNGLev_070.txt" rel="nofollow">http://wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/tarsos/SNGLev_070.txt</a></p><p><img src="http://wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/tarsos/SNGLev_070.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited again <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The writing on this coin from CNG&#039;s archives seems to match your coin and it is indeed Pharnabazos, satrap of Cilicia.&nbsp; Whether yours is authentic or not I don&#039;t know, but it looks OK to me.&nbsp; There are various forgery archives which can be checked.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=222667" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=222667" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=222667</a></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/92000529.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos. <i>Pharnabazos. </i></b>Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.38 g, 12h). Struck circa 380-379 BC. Head of Arethusa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earrings and necklace with pendants; dolphin to lower left / Bearded head left, wearing crested helmet with raised earflap and floral motif, drapery around neck; FRNBZW in Aramaic to right. Casabonne series 3; Moysey Issue 3, 4a = McClean 5917 (same dies); SNG France –; SNG Levante 70 = SNG von Aulock 5917. Near EF, dark iridescent toning, off center strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharnabazus_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharnabazus_II" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharnabazus_II</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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