304, Lot: 156. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios. 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Dated RY 23 (73/2 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear, hand resting on shield at her side; monogram to inner left, [KΓ] (date) in exergue. Simonetta 31a; HGC 7, 846; DCA 460. VF, lightly toned.
Although the date is off the flan, this monogram is only recorded for year 23.