bgr_1031317 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VII PHILOMETOR Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 116-101 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mazaca, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli portrait. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VII à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore debout à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant une Niké de la main droite, une javeline et un bouclier de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EUER-GETOU/ (DI)/ A/ O
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Tétradrachme frappé au nom d’Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-129 avant J.-C.) en Cappadoce pour Ariarathes VII Philometor. Ce tétradrachme appartient à la huitième série de l’étude Lorber/Houghton avec un total de 63 coins de droit pour 105 tétradrachmes.
Tetradrachm struck in the name of Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-129 BC) in Cappadocia for Ariarathes VII Philometor. This tetradrachm belongs to the eighth series of the Lorber/Houghton study with a total of 63 obverse dies for 105 tetradrachms
Tetradrachm struck in the name of Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-129 BC) in Cappadocia for Ariarathes VII Philometor. This tetradrachm belongs to the eighth series of the Lorber/Houghton study with a total of 63 obverse dies for 105 tetradrachms
Historical background
CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VII PHILOMETOR
(116-101 BC)
Ariarathes VII, is the son of Ariarathes VI Ephiphanes Philopator (130-116 BC) and Laodike, the sister of Mithridates VI of Pontus (121-63 BC). On the death of his father, his mother assumed the regency. Nicomedes III, king of Bithynia (128-94 BC) seized Cappadocia and married Laodiké. Mithridates VI of Pontus in turn invaded the country, drove out Nicomedes and restored his nephew, Ariarathes VII. But a dissension arose between the kings of Cappadocia and Pontus about Gordios, a former collaborator of Ariarathes VI. War broke out, but Mithridates had his nephew assassinated before the battle and replaced him with his own son, Ariarathes IX (101-87 BC).
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