Extremely fine Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator drachm
€230
available
Object number
AR3168M11
| Coined by: |
Ariarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator
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| Reign: |
King of Cappadocia about 100 - 85 B.C.
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| Value: |
Drachm
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| Material: |
Silver
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| Details: |
Diameter: 18 mm, weight: 4.11 g. Cappadocia, 88 - 87 B.C. |
| Obverse: |
Diademed head right
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| Reverse: |
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΡIAΡAΘOY EYΣEBOYΣ, AN monogram in left field, date IΓ in exergue. Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left. |
| Condition |
Extremely fine, beautiful patina. Reverse slightly off-center.
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| References: |
Simonetta 9a; Hoover HGC 845; Brussels 58-828; SNG von Aulock 6311;
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 in a German auction house. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 141 (1984), Lot Nr. 350.
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| Authenticity: |
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