I'm hoping someone with a copy of
HGC7 can check something for me.
I purchased an example of an Ariarathes
VII drachm, corresponding to
Simonetta 7b, regnal year 10. The coin (which is en route in the mail) is a
good match for the plates I found of
Simonetta 7b in Mørkholm's The coinages of Ariarathes VI and Ariarathes
VII of
Cappadocia (1978) and the plate in
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Galatia,
Cappadocia, and
Syria (reference No. 5, Ariarathes
VII).
That said, I'd like to know the
HGC7 reference for the coin, and I'm not sure there is one. googling around turned up that
HGC 831 corresponds to
Simonetta references 3-6, and
HGC 832 corresponds to
Simonetta 10. Assuming
HGC7 followed a similar chronology to the previously accepted
Simonetta reference (which I have on JSTOR), then it would look like
HGC overlooked
Simonetta 7 though 9 (
).
Can someone pls check for me if
Simonetta 7 (there is actually a 7a and 7b with minor differences) is represented in
HGC7?
The coin should have an A superimposed over a Y in the inner left
field, and an Omega over a capital Epsilon in the inner right
field, I in
exergue, like this:
