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E-auction 497-407234 - bgr_565876 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIOBARZANES II PHILOPATOR Drachme

CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIOBARZANES II PHILOPATOR Drachme XF
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Estimate : 140 €
Price : 69 €
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 24 October 2022 14:00:00
Type : Drachme
Date: an 8
Mint name / Town : Eusebeia (Mazaca), Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Ariobarzanes II à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore debout à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une lance de la gauche, appuyée sur son bouclier ; dans le champ à gauche, monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ARIoBARZANOU/ FIL.RATR.U/ [H].
Reverse translation : (du roi Ariobarzanou qui aime son père).

Commentary


Poids léger.

Historical background


CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIOBARZANES II PHILOPATOR

(63-52 BC)

Ariobarzanes II Philopator (who loves his father) succeeded the latter in 63 BC who had abdicated in his favour, when Pompey, victorious in the East, organized the province of Syria and thus became the direct neighbor of the client kingdom and ally of Rome. He was assassinated in 52 BC.

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