bgr_686182 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VII PHILOMETOR Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Eusebeia, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Début de cassure de coin au droit. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Ariarathes à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore, casquée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une longue javeline de la main gauche, appuyée sur un bouclier posé au sol ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ARIARAQOU// FILOMHTOROS/ (PA)I|-// A.
Reverse translation : (du roi Ariarathes qui aile sa mére).
Historical background
CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VII PHILOMETOR
(116-101 BC)
Ariarathes VII, is the son of Ariarathes VI Ephiphanes Philopator (130-116 BC) and Laodike, the sister of Mithridates VI of Pontus (121-63 BC). On the death of his father, his mother assumed the regency. Nicomedes III, king of Bithynia (128-94 BC) seized Cappadocia and married Laodiké. Mithridates VI of Pontus in turn invaded the country, drove out Nicomedes and restored his nephew, Ariarathes VII. But a dissension arose between the kings of Cappadocia and Pontus about Gordios, a former collaborator of Ariarathes VI. War broke out, but Mithridates had his nephew assassinated before the battle and replaced him with his own son, Ariarathes IX (101-87 BC).
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