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Burnett, A., M. Amandry, et al. Roman Provincial Coinage. (London, 1992 - ). Cohen, E. Dated Coins of Antiquity: A comprehensive catalogue of the coins and how their numbers came about. (Lancaster, PA, 2011). Hoover, O. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos...Kappadokia...Fifth to First Centuries BC. HGC 7. (Lancaster, PA, 2012). Houghton, A., C. Lorber & O. Hoover. Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalog. (Lancaster, 2002 - 2008). Lindgren, H. & F. Kovacs. Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant. (San Mateo, 1985). Lindgren, H. Lindgren III: Ancient Greek Bronze Coins. (Quarryville, 1993). Metcalf, W.E. The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian - Commodus. ANSNNM 166. (New York, 1996). Mørkholm, O. “The Coinages of |Ariarathes |VI and |Arirathes |VII of |Cappadocia” in SNR 57 (1978). Mørkholm, O. “The Coinages of Ariarathes| |VIII and |Arirathes |IX of |Cappadocia” in Essays Robinson, pp. 241- 258, pl. 30 - 33. RPC Online - http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ Sear, D. Greek Coins and Their Values, Vol. 2: Asia and Africa. (London, 1979). Sear, D. Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values. (London, 1982). Simonetta, A.M. The coinage of the Cappadocian kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection. Parthica 9. (Pisa-Rome, 2007). Simonetta, B. The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings. Typos II. (Fribourg, 1977). Sydenham, E. The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia, with supplement by A. Malloy. (New York, 1978). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Denmark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Vol. 7: Cyprus to India. (West Milford, NJ, 1982). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Münzsammlung Universität Tübingen, Part 6: Phrygien - Kappadokien; Römische Provinzprägungen in Kleinasien. (Berlin, 1998). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 3: Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Cyprus, [etc.]. (Berlin, 1964). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain IV, Fitzwilliam Museum, Leake and General Collections, Part 7: Asia Minor: Lycia - Cappadocia. (London, 1967). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain XII, The Hunterian Museum, Univ. of Glasgow, Part 1: Roman Provincial Coins: Spain-Kingdoms of Asia Minor. (Oxford, 2004). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Schweiz II. Münzen der Antike. Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum. (Bern, 1993). Wroth, W. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria. (London, 1899). (i). Regal Series.The Persian governors who ruled Cappadocia before the expedition of
Alexander the Great do not appear to have struck coins, with the
exception of the satrap Datames (c. B.C. 362), in whose name money
was issued at Sinope and at Gaziura in Pontus (see BMC Galatia, p. xxiv, and
Regling in Z. f. N., xxiv (1904), p. 132). The continuous regal series begins
with Ariarathes I, whose dynasty was succeeded, c. B.C. 95, by that
of Ariobarzanes I.
Ariarathes II, B.C. 301-280 (?), son of Ariarathes I. Bronze coins (?) : see BMC Galatia, p. xxv. Ariaramnes, B.C. 280 (?)-230 (?), son of Ariarathes II.
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Ariarathes III, B.C. 240 (?)-220, son of Ariaramnes.
Ariarathes IV Eusebes, B.C. 220-163, son of Ariarathes III.
Ariarathes V Eusebes, Philopator, B.C. 163-130, son of Ariarathes IV.
FIG. 330. Orophernes, B.C. 158-157, pretender.
Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, B.C. 125 (?)-111 (?), son of Ariarathes V; Nysa, queen-regent. 751
Ariarathes VII Philometor, B.C. 111 (?)-99 (?), eldest son of Ariarathes VI, by Laodice, daughter of Mithradates V. Euergetes, King of Pontus.
Ariarathes VIII, B.C. 99-97 (?), second son of Ariarathes VI, by Laodice. Apparently struck no coins (BMC Galatia, p. xxx). Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, B.C. 99-87, son of Mithradates VI, Eupator, King of Pontus (BMC Galatia, p. xxx).
Ariobarzanes I, Philoromaios, B.C. 95-62.
Ariobarzanes II Philopator, B.C. 62-52, son of Ariobarzanes I.
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios. B.C. 52-42, son of Ariobarzanes II, by his wife Athenais Philostorgos II, a daughter of Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus.
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Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos, B.C. 42-36, brother of Ariobarzanes III.
Archelaus Philopatris Ktistes, reigned from B.C. 36 till his death in A. D. 17, when Cappadocia became a Roman province.
(ii). Civic Series.
Caesareia, now Kaisariyeh, at the foot of Mount Argaeus. Its original name was Mazaca, and the place was the capital of the Cappadocian kings. It was renamed Eusebeia and finally called Caesareia. Autonomous. The earliest coins are bronze of the time of Archelaus the last king (see supra), some inscribed ΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΑΣ and others inscribed ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ. From the dates on these it appears that the town changed its name from Eusebeia to Caesareia at some time between B.C. 12 and B.C. 9 (Imhoof, Zur griech. Münzkunde, 1898, pp. 3 f.; BMC Galatia, pp. xxxiv f.). Types—Mount Argaeus; Bust of Athena; Statue of Asiatic goddess; Head of Herakles; &c. (Imhoof, loc. cit.). Imperial, Tiberius to Trebonianus Gallus. The coins—AR and Æ—were struck in large numbers, as Caesareia, like Antiocheia in Syria, was an Imperial mint for the East. The normal weights of the silver seem to be Tridrachm, 180 grains; Didrachm, 120 grs.; Dr., 60 grs.; ½ Dr., 30 grs. After the time of Severus the AR becomes debased. Both AR and Æ bear dates of the Emperors’ reigns, and the AR records the consulate, e.g. ΥΠΑΤΟC Γ (= COS III), and the tribunician power, ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ(ης) ЄΞΟΥC(ιας). Inscr., ΚΑΙCΑΡЄWΝ ΤWΝ ΠΡΟC ΤW ΑΡΓΑΙW and abbrev.; ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩC ΚΑΙCΑΡΙΑC; ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ (Hunter Cat., ii. Pl. LXII. 24); sometimes with ЄΝΤΙΧΙΟΝ (εντειχιον χωριον) added (BMC Galatia, p. xxxv), also with ΝЄΩΚΟΡΟΥ. Types—With the exception of Mount Argaeus, which occurs very frequently, the types are generally not of local significance, but are copied from Roman coins (see B. M. C., pp. 46 ff.), e. g. ЄΛЄΥΘ(ερια) ΔΗΜΟΥ = Libertas publica, Liberty standing (R. N., 1895, p. 68); ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ, Providentia standing. There are also Æ coins with rev. Stone of pyramidal form (=Argaeus ?) attributed to Caesareia (BMC Galatia, p. xxxix n.). Argaeus is shown as a cavernous, peaked mountain, and is often surmounted by a star. Sometimes a male figure (a god, or the deified Emperor?) 753
stands on the summit (Fig. 331); sometimes an agalma of the mountain
is placed on an altar, or is held by Sarapis. Cf. Maximus of Tyre (Diss.,
FIG. 331. viii. 8), [Argaeus] οροσ Kαππαδοκαισ και θεοσ και ορκοσ και αγαλμα, and see on the Argaeus types, B. M. C., pp. xxxviii f., and Rossbach, Neue Jahrb., vii. pp. 406-9. A specimen at Berlin (Journ. Int., 1898, pp. 455 f.) shows Argaeus, and a temple inscribed ЄΙCЄΩΝΑ(αιωνα)ΤΟΥC ΚΥΡΙΟΥ[C], i. e. ‘long life to the Emperors’. Another coin (B. M. C., Pl. XIII. 2; cf. Hunter Cat., ii. p. 593, No. 82; also Imhoof, Zur gr. u. röm. Münzk., p. 231) shows two columns or towers, enclosed within a palisade, beside the mountain. The Tyche of the city sometimes wears Argaeus as a head-dress (Z. f. N., xxiv. p. 86). Magistrates, Πρεσβευτης, i.e. the legatus Augusti pro praetore of Galatia and Cappadocia. Stephanephoroi sometimes occur (Imhoof, Zur gr. u. röm. Münzk., p. 232). Games, ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦ(ЄΙΑ) (BMC Galatia, p. 82, No. 280). Alliance with Smyrna—Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. Comana (Sherherdere-si), famous for its sanctuary of the goddess Mâ. No coins can be attributed to this place; cf. B. M. C., p. xli; Rev. des études gr., xii. (1899), p. 102., and Comana in Pontus, supra, p. 498. Cybistra (Eregli). Æ of the time of Trajan. Inscription, ΚΥΒΙCΤΡЄWΝ. Rev. types—Harpa; River-god swimming. Magistrate, Name of the legatus P. C. Ruso (BMC Galatia, p. xli; p. 95). Eusebeia. See Caesareia. Tyana, now Kiz (or Kilisa) Hissar. Æ of a Cappadocian dynast ΑΡΙ... (Ariaos ?) were struck here, circ. B.C. 280 (?). Obv. Beardless head in Cappadocian tiara, rev. Horse galloping; in front, a palm-tree; beneath., ΑΡΙ ΔΣ ΤΥ. Berlin (Dressel in Z. f. N., xxi. (1898), p. 227). Another variety has rev. Horseman with javelin, ΣΔ and ΤΥΑΝ. (Invent. Wadd., No. 6800). Imperial, Trajan to Caracalla. Inscription, ΤVΑΝЄWΝ; ΤVΑΝЄWΝ Τ. Π. Τ. (= ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΤΑΥΡΩ) ΙЄΡΑC Κ. ΑCVΛΟV Κ. ΑVΤΟΝΟΜΟ. Under Domna and Caracalla the inscription is ΑΝΤ. ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑ ΤVΑΝΩΝ or ΑVΡ. ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑC ΤVΑΝΩΝ, the colony taking these names, ‘Αντωνινιανη Αυρηλια, in honor of Caracalla (Imhoof, Kl. M., p. 499). Types—Tyche of city seated holding corn and grapes; Perseus; Athena; Asklepios, Humped bull and two vexilla. Dates, Regnal years of the Emperors. DICTIONARY| OF ROMAN| COINS|
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Burnett, A., M. Amandry, et al. Roman Provincial Coinage. (London, 1992 - ). Cohen, E. Dated Coins of Antiquity: A comprehensive catalogue of the coins and how their numbers came about. (Lancaster, PA, 2011). Hoover, O. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos...Kappadokia...Fifth to First Centuries BC. HGC 7. (Lancaster, PA, 2012). Houghton, A., C. Lorber & O. Hoover. Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalog. (Lancaster, 2002 - 2008). Lindgren, H. & F. Kovacs. Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant. (San Mateo, 1985). Lindgren, H. Lindgren III: Ancient Greek Bronze Coins. (Quarryville, 1993). Metcalf, W.E. The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian - Commodus. ANSNNM 166. (New York, 1996). Mørkholm, O. “The Coinages of Ariarathes| |VIII and |Arirathes |IX of |Cappadocia” in Essays Robinson, pp. 241- 258, pl. 30 - 33. RPC Online - http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ Sear, D. Greek Coins and Their Values, Vol. 2: Asia and Africa. (London, 1979). Sear, D. Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values. (London, 1982). Simonetta, A.M. The coinage of the Cappadocian kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection. Parthica 9. (Pisa-Rome, 2007). Simonetta, B. The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings. Typos II. (Fribourg, 1977). Sydenham, E. The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia, with supplement by A. Malloy. (New York, 1978). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Denmark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Vol. 7: Cyprus to India. (West Milford, NJ, 1982). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Münzsammlung Universität Tübingen, Part 6: Phrygien - Kappadokien; Römische Provinzprägungen in Kleinasien. (Berlin, 1998). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 3: Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Cyprus, [etc.]. (Berlin, 1964). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain IV, Fitzwilliam Museum, Leake and General Collections, Part 7: Asia Minor: Lycia - Cappadocia. (London, 1967). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain XII, The Hunterian Museum, Univ. of Glasgow, Part 1: Roman Provincial Coins: Spain-Kingdoms of Asia Minor. (Oxford, 2004). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Schweiz II. Münzen der Antike. Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum. (Bern, 1993). Wroth, W. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria. (London, 1899). (i). Regal Series.The Persian governors who ruled Cappadocia before the expedition of
Alexander the Great do not appear to have struck coins, with the
exception of the satrap Datames (c. B.C. 362), in whose name money
was issued at Sinope and at Gaziura in Pontus (see BMC Galatia, p. xxiv, and
Regling in Z. f. N., xxiv (1904), p. 132). The continuous regal series begins
with Ariarathes I, whose dynasty was succeeded, c. B.C. 95, by that
of Ariobarzanes I.
Ariarathes II, B.C. 301-280 (?), son of Ariarathes I. Bronze coins (?) : see BMC Galatia, p. xxv. Ariaramnes, B.C. 280 (?)-230 (?), son of Ariarathes II.
750
Ariarathes III, B.C. 240 (?)-220, son of Ariaramnes.
Ariarathes IV Eusebes, B.C. 220-163, son of Ariarathes III.
Ariarathes V Eusebes, Philopator, B.C. 163-130, son of Ariarathes IV.
FIG. 330. Orophernes, B.C. 158-157, pretender.
Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, B.C. 125 (?)-111 (?), son of Ariarathes V; Nysa, queen-regent. 751
Ariarathes VII Philometor, B.C. 111 (?)-99 (?), eldest son of Ariarathes VI, by Laodice, daughter of Mithradates V. Euergetes, King of Pontus.
Ariarathes VIII, B.C. 99-97 (?), second son of Ariarathes VI, by Laodice. Apparently struck no coins (BMC Galatia, p. xxx). Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, B.C. 99-87, son of Mithradates VI, Eupator, King of Pontus (BMC Galatia, p. xxx).
Ariobarzanes I, Philoromaios, B.C. 95-62.
Ariobarzanes II Philopator, B.C. 62-52, son of Ariobarzanes I.
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios. B.C. 52-42, son of Ariobarzanes II, by his wife Athenais Philostorgos II, a daughter of Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus.
752
Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos, B.C. 42-36, brother of Ariobarzanes III.
Archelaus Philopatris Ktistes, reigned from B.C. 36 till his death in A. D. 17, when Cappadocia became a Roman province.
(ii). Civic Series.
Caesareia, now Kaisariyeh, at the foot of Mount Argaeus. Its original name was Mazaca, and the place was the capital of the Cappadocian kings. It was renamed Eusebeia and finally called Caesareia. Autonomous. The earliest coins are bronze of the time of Archelaus the last king (see supra), some inscribed ΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΑΣ and others inscribed ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ. From the dates on these it appears that the town changed its name from Eusebeia to Caesareia at some time between B.C. 12 and B.C. 9 (Imhoof, Zur griech. Münzkunde, 1898, pp. 3 f.; BMC Galatia, pp. xxxiv f.). Types—Mount Argaeus; Bust of Athena; Statue of Asiatic goddess; Head of Herakles; &c. (Imhoof, loc. cit.). Imperial, Tiberius to Trebonianus Gallus. The coins—AR and Æ—were struck in large numbers, as Caesareia, like Antiocheia in Syria, was an Imperial mint for the East. The normal weights of the silver seem to be Tridrachm, 180 grains; Didrachm, 120 grs.; Dr., 60 grs.; ½ Dr., 30 grs. After the time of Severus the AR becomes debased. Both AR and Æ bear dates of the Emperors’ reigns, and the AR records the consulate, e.g. ΥΠΑΤΟC Γ (= COS III), and the tribunician power, ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ(ης) ЄΞΟΥC(ιας). Inscr., ΚΑΙCΑΡЄWΝ ΤWΝ ΠΡΟC ΤW ΑΡΓΑΙW and abbrev.; ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩC ΚΑΙCΑΡΙΑC; ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ (Hunter Cat., ii. Pl. LXII. 24); sometimes with ЄΝΤΙΧΙΟΝ (εντειχιον χωριον) added (BMC Galatia, p. xxxv), also with ΝЄΩΚΟΡΟΥ. Types—With the exception of Mount Argaeus, which occurs very frequently, the types are generally not of local significance, but are copied from Roman coins (see B. M. C., pp. 46 ff.), e. g. ЄΛЄΥΘ(ερια) ΔΗΜΟΥ = Libertas publica, Liberty standing (R. N., 1895, p. 68); ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ, Providentia standing. There are also Æ coins with rev. Stone of pyramidal form (=Argaeus ?) attributed to Caesareia (BMC Galatia, p. xxxix n.). Argaeus is shown as a cavernous, peaked mountain, and is often surmounted by a star. Sometimes a male figure (a god, or the deified Emperor?) 753
stands on the summit (Fig. 331); sometimes an agalma of the mountain
is placed on an altar, or is held by Sarapis. Cf. Maximus of Tyre (Diss.,
FIG. 331. viii. 8), [Argaeus] οροσ Kαππαδοκαισ και θεοσ και ορκοσ και αγαλμα, and see on the Argaeus types, B. M. C., pp. xxxviii f., and Rossbach, Neue Jahrb., vii. pp. 406-9. A specimen at Berlin (Journ. Int., 1898, pp. 455 f.) shows Argaeus, and a temple inscribed ЄΙCЄΩΝΑ(αιωνα)ΤΟΥC ΚΥΡΙΟΥ[C], i. e. ‘long life to the Emperors’. Another coin (B. M. C., Pl. XIII. 2; cf. Hunter Cat., ii. p. 593, No. 82; also Imhoof, Zur gr. u. röm. Münzk., p. 231) shows two columns or towers, enclosed within a palisade, beside the mountain. The Tyche of the city sometimes wears Argaeus as a head-dress (Z. f. N., xxiv. p. 86). Magistrates, Πρεσβευτης, i.e. the legatus Augusti pro praetore of Galatia and Cappadocia. Stephanephoroi sometimes occur (Imhoof, Zur gr. u. röm. Münzk., p. 232). Games, ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦ(ЄΙΑ) (BMC Galatia, p. 82, No. 280). Alliance with Smyrna—Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. Comana (Sherherdere-si), famous for its sanctuary of the goddess Mâ. No coins can be attributed to this place; cf. B. M. C., p. xli; Rev. des études gr., xii. (1899), p. 102., and Comana in Pontus, supra, p. 498. Cybistra (Eregli). Æ of the time of Trajan. Inscription, ΚΥΒΙCΤΡЄWΝ. Rev. types—Harpa; River-god swimming. Magistrate, Name of the legatus P. C. Ruso (BMC Galatia, p. xli; p. 95). Eusebeia. See Caesareia. Tyana, now Kiz (or Kilisa) Hissar. Æ of a Cappadocian dynast ΑΡΙ... (Ariaos ?) were struck here, circ. B.C. 280 (?). Obv. Beardless head in Cappadocian tiara, rev. Horse galloping; in front, a palm-tree; beneath., ΑΡΙ ΔΣ ΤΥ. Berlin (Dressel in Z. f. N., xxi. (1898), p. 227). Another variety has rev. Horseman with javelin, ΣΔ and ΤΥΑΝ. (Invent. Wadd., No. 6800). Imperial, Trajan to Caracalla. Inscription, ΤVΑΝЄWΝ; ΤVΑΝЄWΝ Τ. Π. Τ. (= ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΤΑΥΡΩ) ΙЄΡΑC Κ. ΑCVΛΟV Κ. ΑVΤΟΝΟΜΟ. Under Domna and Caracalla the inscription is ΑΝΤ. ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑ ΤVΑΝΩΝ or ΑVΡ. ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑC ΤVΑΝΩΝ, the colony taking these names, ‘Αντωνινιανη Αυρηλια, in honor of Caracalla (Imhoof, Kl. M., p. 499). Types—Tyche of city seated holding corn and grapes; Perseus; Athena; Asklepios, Humped bull and two vexilla. Dates, Regnal years of the Emperors. DICTIONARY| OF ROMAN| COINS|
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