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A holed silver drachm of Ariarathes V showing Athena Coin Type: A holed silver drachm of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, 163-130 BCE.
Mint and Date: ?, 162 BCE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 3.92g
Obverse: Diademed head right.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOYΣ EYΣEBOYΣ
Athena standing left, wearing crested helmet, holding out a statuette of Nike on her right hand, tall spear in left hand, which also rests on her Aegis shield with gorgoneion.
Field Marks: K in right field. O over Δ monogram in left field.
Exergue: B (almost obscured) (the regnal year)
Provenance: 2009dlcripps (eBay), December 2010.
Ref: Simonetta, The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings, Fribourg 1977, no. 8.
BW Ref: 001 052 165
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Note: Simonetta, The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings, Fribourg 1977, lists Ariarathes V as the only Ariarathes to use this O over Δ monogram. Beta, for the regnal year 2 (162 BCE), is the only date character listed for this monogram. Thanks to the user Altamura on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board for this information.


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