30472 - Eusebeia (Ariobarzanes I) (drachma Ariobarzanes/Athena holding Nike) over uncertain type (Savoca, 125 Blue Auction, Jan. 2022, 318)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 30472

83 BCE - 82 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝOY ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Savoca Numismatik, 125 Blue Auction, 29 Jan. 2022, 318

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Ariobarzanes to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝOY ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙOY (Greek) Athena Nikephoros standing to left, monogram in inner left field, 13 (date) in exergue

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Eusebeia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cappadocia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Cappadocian kingdom, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios (96-63 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 83 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 82 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.134.13 g <br />4,130 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 1997a, p. 209-211	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II1Sear II, n° 7300-7302, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 209-211, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 847-9
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/ariobarzanes i cappadocia simonetta 2008 1-63

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
^ 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.