bgr_554640 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIOBARZANES II PHILOPATOR Drachme
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Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: an 8
Mint name / Town : Cappadoce, Eusebeia (Mazaca)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Monnaie nettoyée. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Ariobarzanes II à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore debout à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une lance de la gauche, appuyée sur son bouclier ; dans le champ à gauche, monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ARIoBARZANOU/ FIL.RATR.U/ [H]
Reverse translation : (du roi Ariobarzanou qui aime son père).
Historical background
CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIOBARZANES II PHILOPATOR
(63-52 BC)
Ariobarzanes II Philopator (who loves his father) succeeded the latter in 63 BC who had abdicated in his favour, when Pompey, victorious in the East, organized the province of Syria and thus became the direct neighbor of the client kingdom and ally of Rome. He was assassinated in 52 BC.
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