Silver Coin (Mint: Tarsus)
- Title:
- Silver Coin (Mint: Tarsus)
- Collection:
- Cornell Coin Collection
- Date:
- 378-372 BCE
- Site:
- Cilicia, Turkey
- Location:
- Cilicia, Turkey
- Country:
- Turkey
- ID Number:
- CNC_0690
- Negative Number:
- 690
- File Name:
- CNC_0690.tif
- Denomination:
- Stater
- Mint:
- Tarsus
- Obverse:
- Baaltars, himation above lower limbs, seated right on diphros, head and upper body to front
in field right, sceptre surmounted by early with wings spread
in field left, ear of corn and bunch of grapes
beside him, thymiaterion
the whole in circle surrounded by projection (battlements?) - Reverse:
- Datames (?) and Ana
on right, Datames wearing long chiton and himation standing facing left
right hand raised in front of his face
in front of him inscription
on left, Ana standing nude right
her right hand raised and pointed toward Damates
her left hand lowered
between hands, thymiaterion
the whole enclosed in linear square, border with dots along top two sides, antefica on top. - Work Type:
- coins (money)
money - Materials/Techniques:
- silver (metal)
- Subject:
- Coins, Ancient
- Measurement:
- 24 mm (millimeters, diameter)
9.53 g (grams, weight) - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Coins Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes
metadata may not be complete in all cases. - Bibliography:
- BMC - Lycaonia, Vol.21, p.168, 335.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Coins Collection (in part Greek and Roman Coin Collection, #8464, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying coins, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2011 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.