I liked this type as soon as I was made aware of it, I used to have a stater from Tarsus of Datames with Ares (maybe) on one side and Larissa (or nymph) on the other side, and then I looked into the other coins from that region and they are really some nice works of art
the obverse is of course extremely similar to alexander the great silver coinage on the reverse, ba'al vs zeus (greek word that means standard bearer if I remember right), gods had those double names sometimes
the lovely blue highlights really make it a one of a kind piece
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That is such a WOW example of an ancient, not my field at all, but even a donkey can tell this one rocks the hen house!
The struck depictions, strike and eye appeal is just nuts.
Love it Z!
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I liked this type as soon as I was made aware of it, I used to have a stater from Tarsus of Datames with Ares (maybe) on one side and Larissa (or nymph) on the other side, and then I looked into the other coins from that region and they are really some nice works of art
the obverse is of course extremely similar to alexander the great silver coinage on the reverse, ba'al vs zeus (greek word that means standard bearer if I remember right), gods had those double names sometimes
the lovely blue highlights really make it a one of a kind piece
You certainly have a good eye for picking nice stuff.
Thank you for explaining the meaning of the design.
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