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Chalkous
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadokia |
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| Year | 67 BC - 25 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A quiver depicted upright in the central field, rendered in relief as the primary type. Flanking the quiver on either side is the two-line Greek legend EYΣE / BEIAΣ, referencing the mint city of Eusebeia. The design is contained within a plain circular border, and the overall composition is typical of the small Cappadocian bronze issues of the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Mint | Eusebeia, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey |
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Cappadocia remained nominally independent under its Ariarathid and later Ariobarzanid kings, but the dynasty spent much of the first century BC navigating between Roman demands and Pontic aggression — Mithridates VI installed and deposed Cappadocian kings almost at will before Rome eventually asserted control. The kingdom was not formally annexed until 17 AD under Tiberius, meaning these bronzes circulated through a prolonged twilight of client kingship.
Small fractional bronzes of this type are underrepresented in major collections relative to the silver issues, likely because excavators and early collectors passed them over.