2466 - Eusebeia (Ariobarzanes III) (drachma Ariobarzanes/Nike) over Athenian imitation (CNG, EA 401, July 2017, 198)
From SILVER
52 BCE - 42 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 401, 12 July 2017, 198 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head right, wearing diadem. | Reverse: | Athenan Nikephoros standing left. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Eusebeia | Ancient region | Cappadocia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Cappadocian kingdom, Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia (51-42 BCE) |
Chronology
| From 52 BCE to 42 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 3.543.54 g <br />3,540 mg <br /> | Denomination: drachma
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Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| Diameter: 16.516.5 mm <br />1.65 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HGC 7, n° 853 |
Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye and pi-style palmette, Aramaic M horizonally on cheek | Reverse: | Owl standing right, head facing, olive spray and crescent to left, all within shallow incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Gaza | Ancient region ᵖ | Judaea | Modern country: Palestine | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 353 BCE to 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
| Denomination ᵖ: | drachma
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References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 542 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidence: | weak |
| Remarks: | "overstruck on an eastern imitation of Athens. Numismatically important. The attribution of this coin to Ariobarzanes III is based on the hair that is visible behind the ear on the portrait (most of which is not struck up). Such a series of forward swept hair in this location is only known on coins of this king (such as in the illustration of HGC 7, 853). The wide space between the legends and Athena on the reverse is also indicative of the last two Cappadocian kings, so if it not Ariobarzanes, it would almost certainly be his successor, Ariarathes X. The undertype is almost certainly an eastern imitation of Athens, as the style of the elements visible are not consistent with official products of that city" (nb: the attribution to Gaza is highly speculative) | ||
References
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
