Chalkon - Tarsos
Features
| Issuer |
Tarsos
(Cilicia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 164 BC - 27 BC |
| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.6 g |
| Diameter | 16 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 426297 |
| References | SNG France# 1207-6 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Switzerland I (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Draped and turreted head of Tyche right, monogram behind.
Reverse
Sandan advancing right on horned and winged lion, monograms to left and right.
Script: Greek
Mint
Antiocheia ad Cydnum, Cilicia, modern-day Tarsus, TurkeyComments
Sandan (or Sandon) is an ancient Cilician war and weather deity worshipped mainly in Tarsus, equated to Hercules in the Greco-Roman world.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (164 BC - 27 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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