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Lot # 145
KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator, 163-130 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18.00 mm, 4.14 g) Dated RY 33 (= 130/29 BC) Eusebeia under Mount Argaeus. Diademed head of Ariarathes right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ vertical to right, ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ vertical to left, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ below. Athena Nikephoros draped and wearing long crested helmet standing facing, head turned to left, holding Nike on the right hand crowning the king’s name to left, spear in the left hand and shield at her feet to right. Monogram ΠΑΙΩ to inner and ΗΔΤ to outer left, Φ to outer right, ΓΛ (date) in exergue. Simonetta 22 (Ariarathes IV); HGC 7, 811. Nearly Very Fine. From a European collection formed prior to 2005.