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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cappadocia| > GB95831
Eusebeia (Caesarea), Cappadocia, 21 - 20 B.C.
|Cappadocia|, |Eusebeia| |(Caesarea),| |Cappadocia,| |21| |-| |20| |B.C.|, Kayseri, originally called Mazaka or Mazaca, is in central Turkey on a low spur on the north side of Mount Erciyes (Mount Argaios or Argaeus in ancient times). It was renamed Eusebia in honor of Ariarathes V Eusebes, King of Cappadocia, 163 - 130 B.C. The last king of Cappadocia, King Archelaus, renamed it "Caesarea in Cappadocia" to honor Caesar Augustus upon his death in 14 A.D. Muslim Arabs slightly modified the name into Kaisariyah, which became Kayseri when the Seljuk Turks took control, c. 1080 A.D.
GB95831. Bronze AE 21, RPC I 3610 (11 spec.), SNGvA 6337, HGC 7 868 (R2) corr. (date); BMC Galatia -; SNG Tüb -, Choice VF, attractive style, highlighting earthen deposits on nice green patina, porous, lower reverse weakly struck, Eusebeia (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, weight 6.142g, maximum diameter 21.4mm, die axis 0o, 21 - 20 B.C.; obverse head Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; reverse eagle right atop Mount Argaios, thyrsus inner right, EVΣE/BEIAΣ in two downward lines, staring on the right, ending on the left, monogram and IΣ (year 16 [of the reign of King Archelaos of Cappadocia) below; very rare; SOLD




  







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