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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3876476, member: 57495"]Nice score and great writeup, [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER]. I keep telling myself I need to get more into Parthians. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The seated archer types predate the Seleukid period by a fair bit. The reverse of this Satrapal Cilician stater bears a remarkable resemblance to the Parthian coins, though the archer is seated on a chair rather than an omphalos. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024112[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap</b></p><p>AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. Tarkumuwa (Datames), as Satrap. SNG Levante 85 (<i>this coin</i>); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609. O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall. R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex Eduardo Levante Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You might be interested in <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274886906_The_%27royal_archer%27_and_Apollo_in_the_east_Greco-Persian_iconography_in_the_Seleukid_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274886906_The_%27royal_archer%27_and_Apollo_in_the_east_Greco-Persian_iconography_in_the_Seleukid_Empire" rel="nofollow">this paper</a> that goes into some depth on the subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3876476, member: 57495"]Nice score and great writeup, [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER]. I keep telling myself I need to get more into Parthians. The seated archer types predate the Seleukid period by a fair bit. The reverse of this Satrapal Cilician stater bears a remarkable resemblance to the Parthian coins, though the archer is seated on a chair rather than an omphalos. [ATTACH=full]1024112[/ATTACH] [B]CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap[/B] AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. Tarkumuwa (Datames), as Satrap. SNG Levante 85 ([I]this coin[/I]); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609. O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall. R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square. [I]Ex Eduardo Levante Collection[/I] You might be interested in [URL='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274886906_The_%27royal_archer%27_and_Apollo_in_the_east_Greco-Persian_iconography_in_the_Seleukid_Empire']this paper[/URL] that goes into some depth on the subject.[/QUOTE]
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