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Drachm - Ariarathes I Gaziura
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadokia |
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| Year | 333 BC - 322 BC |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse description | Baal of Gaziura enthroned left, his torso depicted facing, extending his right hand to hold a grape bunch, grain ear, and eagle, while his left hand rests on a lotus-tipped scepter. The deity is rendered in the Achaemenid artistic tradition, combining Semitic religious iconography with Persian court imagery. The Aramaic inscription B'L GZYR, reading 'Baal [of] Gaziura,' appears in the right field. The overall composition reflects the syncretic religious and political character of Cappadokian coinage under Ariarathes I. |
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| Reverse description | A griffin, shown in dynamic left-facing posture with wings spread and raised, attacks a stag that kneels and collapses to the left beneath it. The predatory scene is rendered with considerable energy and detail, the griffin's eagle head and leonine body clearly delineated. A thunderbolt appears in the upper field above the group. The reverse type draws on Anatolian and Achaemenid artistic conventions, employing the griffin-and-prey motif common to the satrapal coinage of the region. The composition fills the flan with assured, vigorous engraving characteristic of late Achaemenid period civic and dynastic issues. |
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| Mint | Gaziura |
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