Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 352. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (5.42 g, 5h). Sinope mint. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; [aplustre before], 'M in Aramaic behind / Sea-eagle standing left, wings spread, on dolphin left;
Ariarathes in Aramaic below. Simonetta p. 15; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen (Paphlagonia) 290; SNG BM Black Sea 1459 = BMC Pontus p. 96, 9; RG p. 199, 36. EF, toned. Very rare.
Simonetta mentions these drachms in the text describing the coins of Ariarathes I, but does not list them in his catalog.