Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Drachm - Ariarathes I
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadokia |
|---|---|
| Year | 331 BC - 322 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Seated figure of Baal of Gaziura facing left, torso turned frontally, depicted in the Achaemenid Persian tradition. The deity holds a cluster of grapes and an ear of grain in one hand, with an eagle and a lotus-tipped sceptre in the other. A monogram appears in the left field. The design reflects strong Persian artistic influence characteristic of satrapal coinage of the late fourth century BC. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A winged griffin with leonine body, raised forepaws, and open beak lunges rightward, attacking a stag that kneels in submission to the left. The predatory scene is rendered with dynamic energy in high relief, in a style drawing from both Greek and Persian artistic traditions. An Aramaic inscription reading 'Ariorath' appears in the lower field, identifying the issuing ruler Ariarathes I of Cappadokia. |
| Reverse script | Aramaic |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |