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Denomination: AR Silver Stater Date: 378-372 BC
Cilicia, Tarsus, King Datames The god Baaltars, seated, is on the obverse holding a bunch of grapes & an eagle-tipped scepter. The god Ana, right hand raised, faces a half-naked Datames on the reverse.
The Apostle Paul (ca. 3 AD-66AD) was born in Tarsus Antony & Cleopatra met there to plan to fight Octavian (later emperor Augustus). The city was in modern southern Turkey.