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CILICIA, Issos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (27mm, 10.81 g, 9h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter in right hand; grain ear and grape bunch to left; B to right, I below throne / Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace. Casabonne Series 2, D12/R1; SNG BN 420 (same dies); SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Hunterian –; BMC 67 (Tarsos). Toned, some minor porosity, cleaning scratches in obverse margin, scrape on reverse. EF. Overstruck on a stater of Tiribazos from Tarsos, with types Baal / Lion attacking bull (cf. Casabonne Group D; cf. SNG BN 332; cf. SNG Levante 105). From the GTP Collection. Ex CNG inventory 900449 (November 2011); Peus 401 (3 November 2010), lot 414; R. Sussmeyer Collection (Elsen 93, 15 September 2007), lot 316; Elsen 77 (13 December 2003), lot 145.