CNG 105, Lot: 392. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.33 g, 5h). Gaziura mint. Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grape bunch, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; monogram to left, B’L GZYR (“Baal [of] Gaziura” in Aramaic) to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; wreath above. Simonetta 2; Simonetta, Coins –; HGC 7, 791 var. (wreath not noted). Good VF, toned. Good metal for issue. Very rare.