MK-WUE | Kilikien: Tarsos unter Pharnabazos 385-383 v. Chr.

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Kilikien: Tarsos unter Pharnabazos 385-383 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1322 = H 6689
Obverse	HLK [Transkription der aramäischen Legende: HLK = Kilikien]. Kopf des jugendlichen Herakles mit Löwenskalp in Dreiviertelansicht n. r.; Perlkreis.
Reverse	TEPΣIKON. Kopf eines bärtigen Kriegers mit attischem Helm n. l.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Pharnabazos
Date	385-383 v. Chr.
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Silver ; 9,83 g; 23 mm; 4 h
Production	struck
Mint	Tarsus
Region	Kilikien
Country	Turkey
Publications	O. Casabonne, La Cilicie à l'Èpoque Achéménide, Persika 3 (Paris 2004), Taf. 4, 9; R.A. Moysey, The Silver Stater Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia, in: ANS Museum Notes 31 (1986), S. 30, Typ 1; SNG Cabinet des Médailles, Nr. 240 var. (Rs. TEPΣIKON); W. Müseler, Das Geld der Strategen. Pharnabazos und die Finanzen der persischen Kriegsflotte, JNG 68, 2018, Abb. 65 (dieses Stück).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 2014 - 2016
Object number	ID346
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