Live auction - bgr_899377 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VI EPIPHANES PHILOPATOR Diobole
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 14:31:01 |
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 130 AC.
Mint name / Town : Eusebeia, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Ariarathes VI à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bélier passant à gauche, la tête tournée à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ARIARAQ
Historical background
CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VI EPIPHANES PHILOPATOR
(130-116 BC)
Ariarathes is the youngest son of Ariarathes V and Nysa. He began his reign under the regency of his mother. He married Laodike, the sister of Mithridates VI of Pontus. He had two sons, Ariarathes VI and VII and a daughter, Nysa who married Nicomedes IV, king of Bithynia. He was assassinated by Gordios at the instigation of his brother-in-law Mithridates VI of Pontus.
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