149, Lot: 93. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator. Circa 100-85 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.05 g). Dated RY 5 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; monogram in inner left field, E (date) in exergue. Simonetta 4c. VF, lightly toned, light scratches.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 698; Dr. George C. Brauer Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale, 12 October 1988), lot 368.

Some collectors may find interesting that a previous owner of this coin, Dr. Brauer, was a noted numismatist and author. In addition to a numismatic study, Taras: Its History and Coinage (Caratzas, 1986), he also wrote several popular histories: The Young Emperors: Rome, AD 193-244 (Crowell, 1967); Judaea Weeping: The Jewish Struggle Against Rome from Pompey to Masada (Crowell, 1970); and The Age of the Soldier Emperors: Rome, AD 244-284 (Noyes, 1975).