Study Forgeries. Ariobarzanes III "Drachm". 19th century, before 1898 (Silver, 16.17 mm, 2.93 g). Diademed head right. Rev. Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield; transverse spear behind her. BMC Galatia, p. 42, n. 8, pl. VII.10 (same dies). Simonetta, "The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings", 1977, p. 12, pl. VII,10 (this coin). Parthica 2007, p. 115, pl. XXX,8a-b (this coin). As of today, three specimens of this rare and dangerous forgery are known, all of them featuring a reverse die taken from a brockage drachm: the one in the British Museum (BMC 8), one in the Landesmuseum in Zürich, and this one from the Simonetta Collection. From the Bono Simonetta Collection.

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Study Forgeries. Ariobarzanes III "Drachm". 19th century, before 1898 (Silver, 16.17 mm, 2.93 g). Diademed head right. Rev. Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield; transverse spear behind her. BMC Galatia, p. 42, n. 8, pl. VII.10 (same dies). Simonetta, "The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings", 1977, p. 12, pl. VII,10 (this coin). Parthica 2007, p. 115, pl. XXX,8a-b (this coin). As of today, three specimens of this rare and dangerous forgery are known, all of them featuring a reverse die taken from a brockage drachm: the one in the British Museum (BMC 8), one in the Landesmuseum in Zürich, and this one from the Simonetta Collection. From the Bono Simonetta Collection.

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