Very Rare Cappadocian Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 450. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator. Circa 163-130 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.59 g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaca). Dated RY 29 (134 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to outer left, inner left, and outer right, date in exergue. Simonetta 1 (Ariarathes IV); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 6263 var. (date). Near EF, uneven toning, surface scratches under tone. Very rare.