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Lot # 182
Kings of Cappadocia. Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator. Eusebeia-Mazaka, circa 130-129 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17.60 mm, 4.18 g). Diademed head right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ, Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield ornamented with Gorgoneion; transverse spear behind her; in fields, monogram - A; in exergue, A. Simonetta, - (but cfr. pl. VII,9 for another portrait of a style different from the canonical one of Ariarathes VI). Lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Very rare style.