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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4966785, member: 44316"][ATTACH=full]1193777[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cilicia. Stater. 21 mm. 10.28 grams.</p><p>bare head right of Hercules with curly hair, lion's skin around neck (which is how we know it is Hercules)</p><p>head of satrap right in Persian tiara.</p><p>Possibly Tiribaze = Tiribazos, 386-380 BC.</p><p>Sear Greek 5565 variety "375-360" (His has MAΛΛ for the city of Mallos on the reverse behind the head. This basic type was issued at Tarsos, Soloi, and Mallos, so without lettering we cannot be sure which city is the mint city.) SNG Levante 153 "c. 385-333". SNG France 2: 395 "386-380". SNG France 2 was also written by Levante, but later, so the dates have been updated.</p><p>von Aulock 5716.</p><p>ex CNG 39 lot 642 (Sept. 1996).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin lacks a legend to let us know for sure who it is, but the reverse portrait looks like it is of an individual. If the attribution of the type to Tiribazos is correct, the portrait is likely that of Tiribazos, making the coin an extremely early portrait piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[EDIT: Michael Alram, in <i>Iranisches Personennamenbuch, volume IV</i>, in two volumes, has an example, number 324, of this type with the name before the satrap's bust. So, it is Tiribaos.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4966785, member: 44316"][ATTACH=full]1193777[/ATTACH] Cilicia. Stater. 21 mm. 10.28 grams. bare head right of Hercules with curly hair, lion's skin around neck (which is how we know it is Hercules) head of satrap right in Persian tiara. Possibly Tiribaze = Tiribazos, 386-380 BC. Sear Greek 5565 variety "375-360" (His has MAΛΛ for the city of Mallos on the reverse behind the head. This basic type was issued at Tarsos, Soloi, and Mallos, so without lettering we cannot be sure which city is the mint city.) SNG Levante 153 "c. 385-333". SNG France 2: 395 "386-380". SNG France 2 was also written by Levante, but later, so the dates have been updated. von Aulock 5716. ex CNG 39 lot 642 (Sept. 1996). The coin lacks a legend to let us know for sure who it is, but the reverse portrait looks like it is of an individual. If the attribution of the type to Tiribazos is correct, the portrait is likely that of Tiribazos, making the coin an extremely early portrait piece. [EDIT: Michael Alram, in [I]Iranisches Personennamenbuch, volume IV[/I], in two volumes, has an example, number 324, of this type with the name before the satrap's bust. So, it is Tiribaos.][/QUOTE]
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