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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2424325, member: 15445"]You may have recently seen this little coin posted by JA and offered in the weekly auction. I thought for sure it would receive some aggressive CoinTalker bidding but it went unsold! I think it is a wonderful little coin & it resides in my collection now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]502747[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos</b></p><p><b>AR Obol </b></p><p><b>379-372 BC</b></p><p><br /></p><p>9 mm, 0.65 grams</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Facing female head turned slightly</p><p> left, wearing single-pendant</p><p> earrings and necklace.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Bearded and helmeted male</p><p> head (Ares?) left wearing crested</p><p> Athenian helmet; 'HLK' in Aramaic</p><p> to left, no monogram to right.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> aVF with good fabric and toning.</p><p> Attractive, well centered tiny coin with</p><p> only a portion of the reverse Aramaic </p><p> legend & some helmet crest off flan.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Time of Satraps Pharnabazos and Datames.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2424325, member: 15445"]You may have recently seen this little coin posted by JA and offered in the weekly auction. I thought for sure it would receive some aggressive CoinTalker bidding but it went unsold! I think it is a wonderful little coin & it resides in my collection now. [ATTACH=full]502747[/ATTACH] [B]CILICIA, Tarsos AR Obol 379-372 BC[/B] 9 mm, 0.65 grams [B]Obv: [/B]Facing female head turned slightly left, wearing single-pendant earrings and necklace. [B]Rev:[/B] Bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) left wearing crested Athenian helmet; 'HLK' in Aramaic to left, no monogram to right. [B]Grade:[/B] aVF with good fabric and toning. Attractive, well centered tiny coin with only a portion of the reverse Aramaic legend & some helmet crest off flan. [B]Other:[/B] Time of Satraps Pharnabazos and Datames.[/QUOTE]
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