200, Lot: 68. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios. 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.55 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (42 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; to left, star above crescent; monogram to right. Simonetta 3c. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 645.

Ariobarzanes was a grandson of Mithradates VI of Pontos and adopted the Pontic royal symbol of the star above crescent for his coins.