Very Rare Ariarathes V Tetradrachm

Triton XVIII, Lot: 702. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator. Circa 163-130 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.75 g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaca). Dated RY 30 (133/2 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOV EVΣEBOVΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to outer left, inner left, and outer right, Λ (date) in exergue. Simonetta 4 (Ariarathes IV; same obv. die as illustration); Simonetta, Coins 2 (Ariarathes IV; same obv. die as illustration); HGC 7, 810; SNG von Aulock 6263 (same obv. die); Gemini X, lot 127; Gemini IV, lot 212 (same obv. die); Lanz 128, lot 139 = LHS 95, lot 705 (same dies); Manhattan Sale I lot 84 = Freeman & Sear 15, lot 143 (same obv. die). EF, a few minor deposits and light scratches under tone. Very rare.

Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 223; Freeman & Sear FPL 10 (Spring 2005), no. 56.