Triton XVIII, Lot: 701. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.40 g, 4h). Gaziura mint. Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; B’L GZYR (in Aramaic) to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; “Ariarathes” (in Aramaic) below. Simonetta 3a; Simonetta, Coins 1c; HGC 7, 791 var. (no inscription on rev.); SNG von Aulock 6256; SNG Copenhagen 629; BMC 3. Good VF, a little off center, some die wear, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare.